openssl 1.1.1t: problems with CA.pl and $HOME/.rnd

[Matthias Apitz]

UPDATE for the part with the RAND file:

El día Thursday, May 25, 2023 a las 01:56:38PM +0200, Matthias Apitz escribió:

> Next try without OPENSSL_CONFIG:
> 
> unset OPENSSL_CONFIG
> ./CA.pl -newca
> CA certificate filename (or enter to create)
> 
> Making CA certificate ...
> ====
> /usr/local/sisis-pap/bin/openssl req  -new -keyout ./demoCA/private/cakey.pem -out ./demoCA/careq.pem
> Can't load /home/sisis/.rnd into RNG
> 140713478350656:error:2406F079:random number generator:RAND_load_file:Cannot open file:crypto/rand/randfile.c:98:Filename=/home/sisis/.rnd
> Generating a RSA private key
> 
> Why it wants to load %HOME/.rnd?

This was caused by an old file /usr/local/sisis-pap/openssl.cnf
because the 'make install' delivers the file
/usr/local/sisis-pap/openssl.cnf.dist but does not overwrite an
existing old file /usr/local/sisis-pap/openssl.cnf.

Thanks

	matthias

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