hi all, i already wrote to this mailinglist a few weeks ago without getting any answer so far :-( my preconditions: ***************** - i use passphrase encrypted keys - all settings in httpd.conf related to mod_ssl are correct - among these settings i use: > SSLPassPhraseDialog builtin - httpd gets started through a bash-script (suse's /sbin/init.d/apache) - this script basically does the following: > startproc -t 7 /usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/httpd.conf $MODULES || return=$rc_failed where $MODULES is a list of dynamically evaluated "-D" options for apache (they are okay) my problem: *********** - i get prompted to enter the passphrase when i execute apache directly like > /usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/httpd.conf -D SSL -D PERL (etc.) like this i enter the passphrase at the prompt and everything works fine (apache starts) - but when i use the script as mentionend above i do *not* get prompted to enter the passphrase, instead apache prints an error-message (private key not found etc. -> due to the missing passphrase, as expected) my desired postconditions: ************************** - i do not want to use the SSLPassPhraseDialog exec:/blabla option as this is not safer than having not encrypted keys - i do not like to start httpd directly as i like the script which dynamically sets the correct "-D" options for apache (depending on which modules are installed) - i would like to modify this script (~ the command-line above) the way that i can give my passphrase as the second command-line parameter ($2). i already tried to do some piping like > yes mypassphrase | startproc -t 7 /usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/httpd.conf $MODULES >|| return=$rc_failed and > startproc -t 7 /usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/httpd.conf $MODULES < `echo >mypassphrase` || return=$rc_failed but anything worked. i also replaced 'mypassphrase' with $2, it did not work either. i do not know whether this problem is just a problem of bash-scripting or whether apache somehow does not accept these pipes. i would be happy too if there just was a command-line option for httpd to set the passphrase i really hope that you can help me thanks daniel -- Daniel Mettler http://www.icu.unizh.ch/~mettlerd make config. not war. ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]