How to determine if a private key belongs to a public certificate
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Situation
Determine key values mismatch of private and public keys.
Resolution
Follow the steps below in a terminal window to verify a public and private key are a pair:
- openssl x509 -noout -modulus -in <public.crt> | openssl md5 > /tmp/crt.pub
Note: Replace <public.crt> with the filename of the public certificate.
- openssl rsa -noout -modulus -in <private.key> | openssl md5 > /tmp/key.pub
Note: Replace <private.key> with the filename of the private key. Enter the password if prompted. - diff /tmp/crt.pub /tmp/key.pub
Note: If nothing is printed to the console, they were found to be a pair. Any differences are printed to the console in detail.
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- Document ID:7015500
- Creation Date: 08-Aug-2014
- Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
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