On 4/12/06, D. Ivago <batsleer at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I need to setup a secure ssl site but I'm using a FC3 howto wich is not > compatibel anymore wwith Centos 4.2 > > Now I removed the standard crt.key and server.key files and used the make > testcert script in /etc/httpd/conf to create a new one with the appropriate > company name and such. > > But this certificate requires a passphrase everytime apache starts and I > rather would like to remove this passphrase. > > Does anyone know a good quick and dirty howto for centos to create a > selfsigned ssl certificate without a passphrase? Create one with a passphrase as you have before, then strip the passphrase out. 'man rsa' in the shell and scroll to the Examples section. There's a good walkthrough there for removing the passphrase. -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke