.Dd $Mdocdate: November 2 2016 $
.Dt DSA_GENERATE_KEY 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm DSA_generate_key
.Nd generate DSA key pair
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In openssl/dsa.h
.Ft int
.Fo DSA_generate_key
.Fa "DSA *a"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn DSA_generate_key
expects
.Fa a
to contain DSA parameters.
It generates a new key pair and stores it in
.Fa a->pub_key
and
.Fa a->priv_key .
.Sh RETURN VALUE
.Fn DSA_generate_key
returns 1 on success or 0 otherwise.
The error codes can be obtained by
.Xr ERR_get_error 3 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dsa 3 ,
.Xr DSA_generate_parameters 3 ,
.Xr ERR_get_error 3 ,
.Xr rand 3
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn DSA_generate_key
is available since SSLeay 0.8.