HA! That was it.. thanks.... now I have some cert setup mistakes to fix,
and I'll be done...
Tim Willis
IS Technician
Code Rite
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kirk Benson
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:25
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Apache, mod_ssl, certs, and such...
>
>
> 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-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [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
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> >
> >
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