java - keytool error Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect

Question

I am getting following error while generating certificates on my local machine.

C:Usersabc>keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA
Enter keystore password:
keytool error: java.io.IOException: Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect

I think there is some problems in jdk version.I ran the same command on my collegues machine and it is working fine.

Please share your inputs.

Answer 1

I solved it by using the default password for cacerts keystore : 'changeit'