On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Giulio Troccoli <giulio.trocc...@uk.linedata.com> wrote: > > I am trying to set Subversion to use https. I have already acquired a > certificate from the company CA and set everything up in Apache. > > If if use https the I am asked to accept that the certificate comes from a > trusted authority. If I accept it everything works. > > So, I have been instructed to download the company certificate and I'm trying > to set it as a trusted CA. I have added the following to ~/.subversion/servers > > ssl-authority-files = /home/svn/LDS.crt > > It's not .pem, but I have been told that it is PEM-encoded. However, if I try > with https I get the following error > > svn: Invalid config: unable to load certificate file '/home/svn/LDS.crt' > > I thought it was a permission issue but the file was readable by everyone, > and the user who runs Apache is svn as well so Apache (if involved at all) > can read it too. > > The server is CentOS 5, SVN is 1.6.9 and Apache is 2.2.13. > > Finally, I know I could accept it permanently but eventually I want to set > the ssl-authority-files parameter on the system-wide subversion configuration > so that all users automatically accept it. > > Thanks > Giulio > > > > > > Linedata Limited > Registered Office: 85 Gracechurch St., London, EC3V 0AA > Registered in England and Wales No 3475006 VAT Reg No 710 3140 03 > > > >
Guido, I remember dealing with it - and I think it is normal that a user has to accept the certificate once. I may be wrong but I thinkl this may be by design. Boris.
