linux-kernel - Re: Wrong system clock vs X.509 date specifiers

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Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:39:07 +0200
From:	Tomas Mraz <tmraz@...hat.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au, pjones@...hat.com,
	jwboyer@...hat.com, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...ux-nfs.org
Subject: Re: Wrong system clock vs X.509 date specifiers

On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 18:31 +0100, David Howells wrote: 
> Tomas Mraz <tmraz@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > You can use openssl ca that allows to set arbitrary start date to
> > generate selfsigned certs as well (-selfsign option).
> 
> That seems to require some stuff I don't have installed:
> 
> warthog>openssl ca -in signing_key.priv -extensions v3_ca -out newcert.pem
> Using configuration from /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf
> Error opening CA private key /etc/pki/CA/private/cakey.pem
> 140244246955872:error:0200100D:system library:fopen:Permission denied:bss_file.c:398:fopen('/etc/pki/CA/private/cakey.pem','r')
> 140244246955872:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:400:
> unable to load CA private key
> unable to write 'random state'
> 
> (the /etc/pki/CA/private/ dir is inaccessible if not root and doesn't in any
> case contain cakey.pem).
> 
> Do I need to start with all the CA stuff in the right places to use it?

You can configure it to point to a different directories. But yes, you
have to create a CA cert and so on. 
-- 
Tomas Mraz
No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back.
                                              Turkish proverb

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