Re: [users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-09-26 Thread Ben Johnson
On 8/22/2012 10:55 AM, Ben Johnson wrote: On 8/22/2012 9:36 AM, Eric Covener wrote: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Ben Johnson b...@indietorrent.org wrote: On 8/22/2012 8:56 AM, Eric Covener wrote: Dovecot dropped its TLS capabilities, but it still started the server and bound to

[users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-08-22 Thread Ben Johnson
Hello, I find it extremely troubling that when Apache fails to start due to an SSL-related misconfiguration nothing is logged to that effect. For example, if a certificate and private key do not match, Apache will fail to start and, from what I can tell, fails to log anything at all. Maybe

Re: [users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-08-22 Thread Eric Covener
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Re: [users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-08-22 Thread Eric Covener
Dovecot dropped its TLS capabilities, but it still started the server and bound to the non-secure port. I'd personally prefer the server fail startup rather than operate w/o SSL. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-08-22 Thread Ben Johnson
On 8/22/2012 8:55 AM, Eric Covener wrote: example? I provided one in my initial message: when Apache is configured to use a given SSL certificate and the key and certificate files do not match. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-08-22 Thread Ben Johnson
On 8/22/2012 8:56 AM, Eric Covener wrote: Dovecot dropped its TLS capabilities, but it still started the server and bound to the non-secure port. I'd personally prefer the server fail startup rather than operate w/o SSL. While that may be, this preference should not be assumed. Even if the

Re: [users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-08-22 Thread Eric Covener
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Ben Johnson b...@indietorrent.org wrote: On 8/22/2012 8:56 AM, Eric Covener wrote: Dovecot dropped its TLS capabilities, but it still started the server and bound to the non-secure port. I'd personally prefer the server fail startup rather than operate w/o

Re: [users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-08-22 Thread Ben Johnson
On 8/22/2012 9:36 AM, Eric Covener wrote: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Ben Johnson b...@indietorrent.org wrote: On 8/22/2012 8:56 AM, Eric Covener wrote: Dovecot dropped its TLS capabilities, but it still started the server and bound to the non-secure port. I'd personally prefer the

Re: [users@httpd] Apache fails to start, without explanation, when certain SSL-related directives are misconfigured

2012-08-22 Thread Eric Covener
For the sake of thoroughness, in which log does this message appear on your system? Initially, the ErrorLog in the base server configuration. When I added an ErrorLog to the specific SSL enabled virtualhost, the error appeared in the specific ErrorLog.