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authorRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-02-05 10:24:54 -0500
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-02-06 09:54:45 -0500
commit85342b7d4ffa26fb0316c9cb5574a0d0bedc8a1e (patch)
tree2c55a6e2ec64fc31af81f9c0d3ea283ea6474eae
parent1b5d6d63459ba4411283de120d7f146084b861c6 (diff)
Fix parsing of serial# in req
Reported by Jakub Wilk. Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2556) (cherry picked from commit be4c82aa767998ce2a5717fc895482052373f1b1)
-rw-r--r--apps/req.c2
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/req.pod1
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/apps/req.c b/apps/req.c
index 2707dc9e36..e8951aecf9 100644
--- a/apps/req.c
+++ b/apps/req.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ OPTIONS req_options[] = {
{"multivalue-rdn", OPT_MULTIVALUE_RDN, '-',
"Enable support for multivalued RDNs"},
{"days", OPT_DAYS, 'p', "Number of days cert is valid for"},
- {"set_serial", OPT_SET_SERIAL, 'p', "Serial number to use"},
+ {"set_serial", OPT_SET_SERIAL, 's', "Serial number to use"},
{"extensions", OPT_EXTENSIONS, 's',
"Cert extension section (override value in config file)"},
{"reqexts", OPT_REQEXTS, 's',
diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod
index 8362f53d8c..8ba04aedba 100644
--- a/doc/apps/req.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/req.pod
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ days to certify the certificate for. The default is 30 days.
serial number to use when outputting a self signed certificate. This
may be specified as a decimal value or a hex value if preceded by B<0x>.
-It is possible to use negative serial numbers but this is not recommended.
=item B<-extensions section>