Commit 157c3451 authored by Adam Williamson's avatar Adam Williamson Committed by Rich Salz
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RT3511: doc fix; req default serial is random 



RT842, closed back in 2004, changed the default serial number
to be a random number rather than zero.  Finally time to update
the doc

Reviewed-by: default avatarTim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
(cherry picked from commit 3aba132d)
parent 770b98d0

doc/apps/req.pod

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@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ this option outputs a self signed certificate instead of a certificate 
request. This is typically used to generate a test certificate or

request. This is typically used to generate a test certificate or

a self signed root CA. The extensions added to the certificate

a self signed root CA. The extensions added to the certificate

(if any) are specified in the configuration file. Unless specified

(if any) are specified in the configuration file. Unless specified

using the B<set_serial> option B<0> will be used for the serial

using the B<set_serial> option, a large random number will be used for

number.

the serial number.





=item B<-days n>

=item B<-days n>