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What happened when I use keytool -genkeypair without -alias?

I wrote the following command on terminal:

keytool -genkeypair

I answered the questions, but nothing happened next. I saw on internet people doing that, but using -alias. Now I'm afraid that I might have done something wrong. Did I do? Can I see what I have generate and delete it?

Solution

  • The default alias keytool uses is mykey. If the command succeeded, it generated with the default alias. You can confirm that by looking into the contents of the keystore, with this command:

    keytool -list -keystore [KEYSTORE] -storepass [KEYSTORE_PASSWORD]

    If you wish to delete that entry:

    keytool -delete -alias [ALIAS] -keystore [KEYSTORE] -storepass [KEYSTORE_PASSWORD]