[oconf] private key password verification failed

Andi470811

Hello,

I am having some difficulties creating an open vpn connection.
client log says following:

Started OpenVPN connection to openvpn.
library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019, LZO 2.10
OpenSSL: error:0B080074:x509 certificates routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch
Cannot load private key file client.key
Error: private key password verification failed
Exiting due to fatal error

I have checked that client.key is exiting and permissions are ok.
How can I check if the key file has an password set?
And if, how to set the password?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Andreas

TinCanTech

See --askpass in the manual.

Andi470811

Hi TinCanTech,
thank you for your reply.
Yes, I can add the password with the --askpass parameter.
But can I check before if there is an password set?

TinCanTech

Yes, you can. Use openssl to view your key.