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Decode file encoded on one system using openssl on another system

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Mar 15, 202612071 views
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Problem

I am encrypting a file on Ubuntu machine with openSSL using following command: I transfer it to ftp server. Now when I copy the file from ftp to another machine and try to decrypt it with following command: I get following error: Is it some problem due to file transfer or is it not possible to decr…

Error Output

openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -in mydbBackup.tar -out  mydbBackup.enc.tar 
     -pass pass:scecret

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In general, a file encrypted like this should be decryptable on another system (I just tested it just to make sure). So either the file is "broken" or there is something else conflicting with the decryption. But I could only make assumptions about t…

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