[KLUG Members] unable to load X509 request

[Adam Williams]

I'm trying to create a certificate for a new SSL based VPN service. 
I've make SSL certs before.  But for whatever reason it is bieng cranky.

If I just run - 

 openssl req -nodes -x509 -keyout cakey.pem -out cacert.pem -days 1095 

It hangs (it is actually reading from stdin, file descriptor 0)

So I tried (for kicks) -

[root@smtp-out Certs]# openssl req -nodes -x509 -keyout cakey.pem -out
cacert.pem -days 1095 < /dev/null
Using configuration from /usr/share/ssl/openssl.cnf
unable to load X509 request
31842:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start
line:pem_lib.c:662:Expecting: CERTIFICATE REQUEST

I'm probably mising something terribly stupid.