From: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:04:21 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Warn if -days without -x509
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_1_1_1-pre1~463
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=89a99cd589d69d3861afa8865986e2d98afb979a;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git

Warn if -days without -x509

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4692)
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diff --git a/apps/req.c b/apps/req.c
index dab67a0534..79425e5939 100644
--- a/apps/req.c
+++ b/apps/req.c
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ int req_main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (argc != 0)
         goto opthelp;
 
+    if (days && !x509)
+        BIO_printf(bio_err, "Ignoring -days; not generating a certificate");
     if (x509 && infile == NULL)
         newreq = 1;
 
diff --git a/doc/man1/req.pod b/doc/man1/req.pod
index 7a490983d5..d0d471f11f 100644
--- a/doc/man1/req.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/req.pod
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ to the self signed certificate otherwise new request is created.
 =item B<-days n>
 
 When the B<-x509> option is being used this specifies the number of
-days to certify the certificate for. The default is 30 days.
+days to certify the certificate for, otherwise it is ignored.
+The default is 30 days.
 
 =item B<-set_serial n>