It may be that Apache is trying to prompt you for the passphrase, but can't
since it's a service. Try starting it from the command line to see if it
works.
cheers
Kirk
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tim Willis
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:43 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Apache, mod_ssl, certs, and such...
>
>
> (system - WinNT, Apache+mod_ssl+openssl as a service)
>
> Ok -
>
> I've received a test cert from Thawte, installed it, created a server.key
> file, saved the Thawte cert as server.crt, and placed server.crt and
> server.key in the appropriate places in httpd.conf in Apache.
>
> The problem is, when I re-start Apache (as a service in NT), I get the
> following error:
> "Could Not Start Apache: Error 2186, the service is not responding to the
> control function."
>
> The strange thing is, that Apache DOES start, and my processor
> gets totally
> dog slow immediately, I'm unable to shutdown apache from the services GUI,
> the task manager, or from command line, I have to set to manual startup in
> services and re-boot.
>
> Other symptoms. Once I start Apache like above, I CAN access localhost,
> though obviously I cannot access https. Also, if I comment out
> the ssl-cert
> specific lines in httpd.conf, re-boot, then re-start apache, the
> problem is
> fixed. Also, if I replace server.crt and server.key with their snake-oil
> counterparts, the problem goes away.
>
> My assumption is that there is something dreadfully wrong with either my
> test server.crt (which I've generated three times now from Thawte) or my
> server.key file (which I've created several times as well) or both.
>
> Does anyone have any insight into my problem? Is it something simple I'm
> missing?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tim Willis
> IS Technician
> Code Rite
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
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