Hi, You need to set apache up not to ask for a password.
look at ... SSLPassPhraseDialog exec:/usr/local/apache/bin/printkey.pl where printkey.pl could be ... #!/usr/bin/perl -w my $passwords = { 'x.com' => 'pass1', 'y.com' => 'pass2' }; my $server = (split(/:/, $ARGV[0]))[0]; print "$passwords->{$server}\n"; Regards Matt --- C G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > If I restart my computer, the screen always > freezes at > > > 'starting up apache' > > > and I have to remote log on and kill apache for > the machine to boot. > > > >Is the private key encrypted? If it is, it will > prompt for a passphrase > >at start-up and wait until it gets one. But read > on... > Yes the key the is encrypted. When I start apache as > root and log on, it > asks me for a pass phrase. But when apache tries to > start at boot-up it just > hangs, no pass-phrase. > > > > Looking at the error log I get the messages: > > > [Tue Apr 20 13:58:06 2004] [error] mod_ssl: > Init: Private key > > > not found > > > >This isn't good. What do you have for > SSLCertificateKeyFile? Does the > >path exist? Is it readable? > Yes is there, and yes it is readable. I presume that > apache will start up as > root. So that shouldn't be the problem. > > Someone else suggested that that I make apache > boot-up last. I changed > S90apache to S99apache. It didn't work. > > Another suggestion was to try $PATH and > $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. I don't think this > is the problem as everything is Debian, and I > haven't put anything in funny > positions. > > Are there any other suggestions? > > Thanks for the help > > Colin > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to > suit you. > http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) > www.modssl.org > User Support Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash ______________________________________________________________________ Apache Interface to OpenSSL (mod_ssl) www.modssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]