I've been following an "openssl HOWTO" specific to FC2. There is a short reference to a "configuration file" but no mention of where it is supposed to be located nor how it should be named.
This howto assumes openssl is installed in /opt/ but I found it in /usr/bin/ so I substituted all /opt/ by /usr/bin/ for the creation of the required directories and files.
A little further down this howto there is a line to be typed as follows:
OPENSSL_CONF=/usr/bin/LocalCA/LocalCA.cnf
which I thought was the configuration file, I then named the configuration file LocalCA.cnf and copied it into /usr/bin/LocalCA/ but I get a message
"unable to load Config info"
before being asked to :
"Enter PEM Pass phrase:"
it then crashes after another complaint concerning the config file.

Does anyone know where this config file is expected and how it should be named?

Thank you.

/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf

I think this should answer your q's

to joelkeeble:
I have no subdirectory ssl in /etc, do I have OpenSSL not configured?

The conf file will depend on how you installed OpenSSL. If you installed via RPM, it will likely be in /usr/ssl or /usr/openssl. If you installed from the source code, it will likely be in {$PREFIX}/ssl

This was installed with the distro (FC2).
I found the following:
/usr/share/ssl/openssl.cnf

It looks like I'll have to read the docs a lot more to find out what's going on.

Thank you all for your help.