I am by no means the expert, but if you have a key file (I think it's the key
file!) on your server, then that can contain your passphrase. And you won't
be prompted. If it is an *encrypted* key file, then you need a passphrase
to unlock the key, and *then* you get prompted.
-Dan
> I finalizing things and getting ready to compile apache 1.3.19 with mod_ssl
> (2.8.2) and openssl and put it in place on a solaris 8 sun server.
>
> My problem is that I work on this server remotely. 99% of the time.
>
> So, when I have to reboot or re-initialize the web server, it will stop and
> wait for the input of the ssl passphrase, right?. (I'm assuming it will
> since my old linux box does this with it's apache-ssl server).
>
> Is there an alternate way to pass the passphrase to apache? is there a way
> around this?
>
> I'm new enough to unix/solaris not to know some of the simpler things... :)
>
> donovan
>
>
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