Author: markt
Date: Tue Mar 15 23:00:54 2011
New Revision: 1081980
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1081980&view=rev
Log:
Fix https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50925
Update docs for keyPass attribute
Modified:
tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml
Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?rev=1081980&r1=1081979&r2=1081980&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml Tue Mar 15 23:00:54 2011
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@
Slightly expanded the documentation of the Host element to clarify the
relationship between host name and DNS name. (markt)
</add>
+ <fix>
+ <bug>50925</bug>: Update SSL how-to to take account of
+ <code>keyPass</code> connector attribute. (markt)
+ </fix>
</changelog>
</subsection>"
<subsection name="Other">
Modified: tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml?rev=1081980&r1=1081979&r2=1081980&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/ssl-howto.xml Tue Mar 15 23:00:54 2011
@@ -265,21 +265,16 @@ sure that the information provided here
<p>Finally, you will be prompted for the <em>key password</em>, which is the
password specifically for this Certificate (as opposed to any other
-Certificates stored in the same keystore file). You <strong>MUST</strong>
-use the same password here as was used for the keystore password itself.
-This is a restriction of the Tomcat implementation.
-(Currently, the <code>keytool</code> prompt will tell you that pressing the
-ENTER key does this for you automatically.)</p>
+Certificates stored in the same keystore file). The <code>keytool</code> prompt
+will tell you that pressing the ENTER key automatically uses the same password
+for the key as the keystore. You are free to use the same password or to select
+a custom one. If you select a different password to the keystore password, you
+will also need to specify the custom password in the <code>server.xml</code>
+configuration file.</p>
<p>If everything was successful, you now have a keystore file with a
Certificate that can be used by your server.</p>
-<p><strong>Note:</strong> your private key password and keystore password
-should be the same. If they differ, you will get an error along the lines
-of <code>java.io.IOException: Cannot recover key</code>, as documented in
-<a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38217";>Bugzilla
issue 38217</a>,
-which contains further references for this issue.</p>
-
</subsection>
<subsection name="Edit the Tomcat Configuration File">
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