How to use jwtgen with RS256

[AlexandreHagen]

I tried this:

jwtgen -a "RS256" -p app/var/jwt/private.pem -c "[email protected]"

I got it:

crypto.js:283
  var ret = this._handle.sign(toBuf(key), null, passphrase);
                         ^

Error: error:0906A068:PEM routines:PEM_do_header:bad password read
    at Error (native)
    at Sign.sign (crypto.js:283:26)
    at sign (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jwtgen/node_modules/jwt-simple/lib/jwt.js:170:57)
    at Object.jwt_encode [as encode] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jwtgen/node_modules/jwt-simple/lib/jwt.js:133:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jwtgen/jwtgen.js:138:17)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)

Crypto.js need passphrase ! But how pass passphrase in jwtgen ?

[richardhyatt]

Unfortunately, the library that we're using (jwt-simple) does not allow the use passphrases. I'll contact the author and see if we can fork and suggest a patch for such functionality.

[AlexandreHagen]

Thanks @richardhyatt ! Linked to: https://github.com/hokaccha/node-jwt-simple/issues/51

[datenwort]

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