[Fedora-directory-users] SSL Certs without password

[Rob Crittenden]

Richard Megginson wrote:
> Michał Droździewicz wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I know how to generate certs with passwords, but this results in 
>> password prompt at server startup and reboot. Is there a way to 
>> generate SSL certificate without password?
> NSS always requires a password in order to unlock your server key.  See 
> the shell script at 
> http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:SSL#Script for an example 
> of how to create a password file.

Actually, a password isn't required by NSS. To change an existing 
database to a NULL password use the modutil command. Its syntax is 
slightly different from the other NSS utilities but it has a decent help 
output if you don't get it quite right.

To change an existing database to be a blank password:

% modutil -dbdir /opt/fedora-ds/alias -dbprefix slapd-foo- -changepw 
"NSS Certificate DB"

Enter the old password then press Enter twice for the new password to 
blank it out.

To generate a new database with a blank password with certutil do 
something like:

% certutil -N -d /opt/fedora-ds/alias -P slapd-foo-

Press Enter twice.

rob

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