Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Thomas writes:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running Courier IMAP 4.0.2 over SSL with a self-signed 
>> certificate. I have recently bought a GlobalSign certificate that i 
>> want to use instead, but it doesn't work. I have created a file 
>> containing the key and the certificate to replace the imapd.pem. I 
>> have also set TLS_TRUSTCERTS to point to the GlobalSign CA cert. 
>> However i get this error in /var/log/maillog:
>>
>> imapd-ssl: Enter PEM pass phrase:Enter PEM pass phrase:Enter PEM pass 
>> phrase:Enter PEM pass phrase:Enter PEM pass phrase:Enter PEM pass 
>> phrase:Enter PEM pass phrase:Enter PEM pass phr
>> ase:Enter PEM pass phrase:Enter PEM pass phrase:
>> imapd-ssl: couriertls: /usr/local/share/real-cert.pem: 
>> error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt
>>
>> Any suggestions?
> 
> This is a passphrase-protected certificate key.  Courier cannot use 
> passphrase-protected certificate keys.
> 
> And it's not TLS_TRUSTCERTS that you have to set, but TLS_CERTFILE, 
> which you already have properly set.  It's just that your certificate 
> key is passphrase protected, which cannot be use with an automated start 
> script.  It's obviously not feasible for you to employ someone to sit in 
> front of your console 24 hours a day, typing in your passphrase for each 
> incoming SSL connection :-)
> 

Ok, thank you for the answer. That really sucks...i got it working with 
Apache which just asked for the password at startup. Why isn't there a 
similar solutions in Courier? Does it mean that Courier can't be used 
with "real" certificates?

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