Try this page:
http://thawte.com/certs/server/keygen/apachessl.html

I used it for the certs at my last job.  Note step 5:
Step 5. Generate a self-signed certificate 
openssl req -x509 -key ../private/www.xxx.com.key -in www.xxx.com.csr >
www.xxx.com.crt

Hope this is what you are looking for.

George


Craig White wrote:
> 
> I have been rolling my eyes over the man pages for 'req' 'openssl' and 'ssl'
> and haven't done much better with www.openssl.org so perhaps someone can
> point me in the right direction.
> 
> I want to create a self-signed certificate for my apache based web server
> with mod_ssl installed and apparently working if you call certificates
> signed as SomeOrganization Somewhere and localhost and localdomain a
> presentable certificate. I can't believe it is that hard to do but it is
> escaping me. Can anyone point me to a instruction page that someone from the
> lower 98% can understand?
> 
> Craig
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