Ben,
Are you compiling freevsd-1.4.8? Because the command to create the VSD CA is
vsd-genca not vsd-genca.pl on that version. Also, the place to look for
information is in your syslog: 'tail /var/log/messages'. In addition, look
closely at the output produced towards the end of the vsd-genca process and
you will see that a certificate is generated automatically for the local
machine. The crucial thing is the commonName (or CN) entry of this
certfiicate. This should have been set as the FQDN of your machine (ie
chiefwigham.office.fubra.net). Whatever it was set to (and you will be able
to see clearly with 'ls /usr/local/etc/vsd/certs') that is the 'hostname'
you should be using in your commands directed to your local machine. ie
vsdadm vs_details chiefwigham.office.fubra.net. If the 'hostname' command on
your system returns the short-form of your machine name it can cause
problems when using SSL - Damion has referred to this on a previous
posting...
Finally, if you want additional information on what's happening regarding
certificates, build everything in the freevsd/src/vsd directory for debug...
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Kennish
> Sent: 25 May 2001 17:37
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: vsdadm vs_create (again..)
>
>
> I've got a similar problem as before with vsdadm vs_create not doing
> anything. Here's what I did...
>
> Downloaded freeVSD source.
> Installing packages RPM
> Installed 2 OpenSSL packages from these packages.
> Compiled and installed freeVSD with the --with-openssl option (in
> default location /usr/local...)
> Ran vsd-install.pl accepting defaults
> Ran vsd-genca.pl and followed instructions
> Ran vsdadm vs_create chiefwigham vsone 192.168.0.66 vsone.office.fubra
> 200 1000 default
> However, this doesn't generate an error / vsd.accounts or update
> vsd.conf!
>
> My /etc/hosts file is as you suggested last time, Damion (thanks for
> that btw - it worked fine on the non-source version once I made those
> changes.)
>
> Assuming that I just needed to create a cerfificate in order to use
> vsdadm, I tried
>
> vsdadm ca_certadd chiefwigham chiefwigham
>
> but it just drops back to the command line almost instantly.
>
> --
> Ben Kennish
>
> e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> w: www.fubra.com
>
> PS: More helpful errors from 'vsdadm' would be helpful! :-)
