[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#487792: User Error ???

[Scott Schaefer]

In reviewing this bug, it appears to be user error ....  Reasoning as 
follows:

1) pkcs12 in the absence of -export PARSES a PKCS12 input file.
     The commandline noted in the report implies the user is trying
     to CREATE a PKCS12 file (-out cert.p12); i.e. the user's intent
     was to run the command WITH -export included.

2) The code creates the output file before doing much processing, and,
     at least for SOME processing errors, does not remove it.  So, at least
     for some errors, it results in a new zero-byte output file.

     I have not tested on v4.0, nor do I have the exact inputs used by the
     submitter.  However, if either of the files specfied for -in or -inkey
     are not valid PKCS12 files, a zero-byte output file results (though,
     at least on Squeeze, with error message(s) indicating failure).

3) In all cases I have tried, failure to create the output file due to 
exceeding
     quota results in:
        Error opening output file cert.p12
        cert.p12: Disk quota exceeded

     Which is consistent with code calling perror() on any failure to 
fopen() the
     file (code which has been in pkcs12.c since 1999).