I don't think you really wanted to write that:
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 04:39:49PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] via RT wrote: > > <div>I have had trouble with several versions of Redhat > - RHEL3, Fedora core 1 and 2, and RH9. I had no issues > compiling the package, however when trying to sign the certs > openssl would error out with this message:</div> > <div> </div> > <div>12438:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start > line:pem_lib.c:632: Expecting ANY PRIVATE KEY<BR></div> > <div>Adding a space before the comment in line 46 in openssl.cnf > resolved this issue and allowed me to sign the certs without any > trouble.</div> > <div> </div> > <div>scott</div> > <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT: > blue 2px solid"><BR>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: > [SPAM] Re: [openssl.org #961] typo in openssl.cnf<BR>From: "Richard > Levitte - VMS Whacker via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><BR>Date: Wed, > October 27, 2004 3:09 pm<BR>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR>Cc: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR><BR>In message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 > 22:44:56 +0200 (METDST), "[EMAIL PROTECTED] via RT" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:<BR><BR>rt> This may be old news, but > there is a typo in openssl.cnf included with<BR>rt> the latest > version of openssl that will error out the cert creation.<BR>rt> > <BR>rt> line 46 is: <BR>rt> private_key = > $dir/private/cakey.pem# The private key<BR>rt> <BR>rt> should be: > <BR>rt> private_key = $dir/private/cakey.pem # The > private key<BR>rt> <BR>rt> I have seen quite a few posts > regarding the error that openssl throws if<BR>rt> this isn't > corrected.<BR><BR>Eh, are you sure about this? On what > platform?<BR><BR>The reason I ask is that 1) the tests (make test) run > well, at least<BR>on the machines where I have tested, and they do use > apps/openssl.cnf,<BR>and 2) in the source, there's nothing that I can > see that requires the<BR>comment starter to be preceeded with a > whitespace.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Richard<BR><BR>-----<BR>Please consider > sponsoring my work on free software.<BR>See > http://www.free.lp.se/sponsoring.html for details.<BR><BR>-- > <BR>Richard Levitte > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR> > > > http://richard.levitte.org/<BR><BR>"When I became a man I put > away childish things, including<BR>the fear of childishness and the > desire to be very grown up."<BR>-- C.S. Lewis </BLOCKQUOTE> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]