Try: openssl x509 -inform DER <server.crt >server.pem and set the SSLCertificateFile directive in httpd.conf to server.pem
hope, that helps... Christian On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 09:33:26AM -0400, Dirk van der Giesen wrote: > I have it like this: > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1029 Jul 11 10:27 server.crt > > This should be sufficient for anyone running httpd right? > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tony Paterra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Dirk van der Giesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:55 PM > > Subject: Re: httpd startup failure > > > > > > > are the permissions set properly? that could cause the read failure too. > > > chmod them to whatever level is necessary for the user that httpd is > > > running as. > > > > > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Dirk van der Giesen wrote: > > > > > > > Dear people, > > > > > > > > When i execute '/usr/sbin/apachectl start' on Mandrake 8.2rc1, kernel > > version 2.4.18-4mdksecure on i686 > > > > i get these error messages in the httpd error_log: > > > > > > > > [Mon Jul 22 14:38:06 2002] [error] mod_ssl: Init: Unable to read server > > certificate from file /etc/httpd/conf/ssl/server.crt (OpenSSL library > > errorfollows) > > > > [Mon Jul 22 14:38:06 2002] [error] OpenSSL: error:0D09F007:asn1 encoding > > routines:d2i_X509:expecting an asn1 sequence > > > > > > > > The first seems obvious as to what it's tryinhg to tell but i wouldn't > > know what could be the reason for that. The file (server.crt) is definately > > there. As for the second message i really don't what that could be about. > > > > > > > > All software i use was distributed by this version of Mandrake > > > > > > > > Hope anyone can advise. > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > Dirk van der Giesen > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]