OpenSSL s_server command prompts for password even when we provide it in the command in OpenSSL 3.1 versions

[Patrick Coddou]

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On Jan 25, 2024 at 1:05 AM -0600, Ishani <18r01a05n6 at gmail.com>, wrote:
>  Hi OpenSSL team,
>
>       Hope You are having a very great day 🙂
>
> This mail is regarding an issue which we are facing with the s_server command in OpenSSL 3.1.* (we’re not seeing this in older versions like 1.0.2 or 1.1.1k).  Please refer to the attached snapshot.
>
> In the command we have used -pass pass:password, which is one of the mentioned ways to provide the server certificate password according to the OpenSSL documentation, still it’s prompting for a password as input from the user.
> It works and returns ACCEPT even on pressing Enter key without providing any password which means it’s taking the password that is provided in the command line using -pass option.
>
> The same s_server command works fine with previous OpenSSL versions and does not prompt for a password after being provided in the command itself.
> We tried different ways to suppress this prompt asking for password but nothing worked, we have an automated use case testing client server handshake where we are facing this issue.
>
> Looking ahead for suggestions or any changes helping with this issue.
> Regards,
> Ishani
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