Fixes #16197 Reviewed-by: David von Oheimb <david.von.oheimb@siemens.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/16199)
@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ int req_main(int argc, char **argv)
EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(genctx);
genctx = NULL;
}
if (keyout == NULL) {
if (keyout == NULL && keyfile == NULL) {
keyout = NCONF_get_string(req_conf, section, KEYFILE);
if (keyout == NULL)
ERR_clear_error();
@ -205,11 +205,12 @@ See L<openssl-format-options(1)> for details.
=item B<-keyout> I<filename>
This gives the filename to write any private key to that has been newly created
or read from B<-key>.
If the B<-keyout> option is not given the filename specified in the
configuration file with the B<default_keyfile> option is used, if present.
If a new key is generated and no filename is specified
the key is written to standard output.
or read from B<-key>. If neither the B<-keyout> option nor the B<-key> option
are given then the filename specified in the configuration file with the
B<default_keyfile> option is used, if present. Thus, if you want to write the
private key and the B<-key> option is provided, you should provide the
B<-keyout> option explicitly. If a new key is generated and no filename is
specified the key is written to standard output.
=item B<-noenc>