[Tfug] FW: Troubleshooting Apache crashing

[Glen Pfeiffer]

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On Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 08:34:22PM +0000, Mark Leinhos wrote:
> I attempted to remove the passphrase via 'openssl rsa -in 
> apache.pem -out apache.pem' but the server wouldn't load the 
> new file with the following error,  [error] Init: Unable to 
> read server certificate from file /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem 
> Both the original and new PEM files are ASCII and look valid, 
> not that that helps. If there are any professionals in the 
> audience I am willing to pay to have someone come out and fix 
> this if you are interested.  I feel like I'm wasting my time 
> trying to troubleshoot this on my own. Thanks for any more 
> advise you may have on this!  -Mark L> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 
> 10:45:37 -0700> From: m at mattjacob.com> To: tfug at tfug.org> 
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Troubleshooting Apache crashing> > Mark 
> Leinhos wrote:> > One thing that I'm sure someone could fix for 
> me right away is the SSL > > pass phrase. We have to enter it 
> at the terminal (can't even do it > > remotely) whenever we 
> reboot the server, which is annoying to say the > > least. How 
> can I update that part of the problem?> > Well, that's an easy 
> one: remove the passphrase from the file. :-) Of > course, it 
> removes a layer of security, but if your system security and > 
> file permissions are set properly, it shouldn't be anything to 
> lose > sleep over. (I'm sure you lose more sleep when the 
> server goes down in > the middle of the night and you have to 
> reboot it and enter the passphrase.)> > I'll examine your conf 
> files when I get a chance, but Judd had a good > idea as 
> well---check your error.log for anything obvious and report 
> back > if you find something suspicious.> > Matt> >