Open SSL generate Private Key with password from File

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Published on 2010-05-21T11:17:23Z Indexed on 2010/05/21 11:20 UTC
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Hello,

I have this command openssl genrsa -des3 -out host.key 1024

it asks me for a password, I want to automate it!

how I can make it read the password from a text file (host.pass) so it will not ask me or have it ignore the password (which one is better?)

Thanks

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