On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Robert Eberhart
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This actually isn't a problem with NodeJS per se.   The problem actually
> lies with my company, but I'm hoping that someone might have a way around
> it.  The problem is that trying to install a module with npm fails with a
> CERT_UNTRUSTED error.  I believe that the problem is that my company is
> essentially performing a Man-In-The-Middle attack on all SSL communication.
> My guess is that by doing this they can block/capture communications
> occurring through SSL.  This makes sense in a Big Brothery kind of way.  As
> a result of this manipulation of the certificate path, NodeJS pitches a fit
> and throws the error.  My question is whether I can get NodeJS to trust the
> certificates that my company has inserted in the certificate path so that I
> can install the module as per usual.  If not, can someone please detail or
> point me in the direction of instructions to manually install a module.  I'm
> trying to install uglify.  Included below, please find the error that I am
> receiving.
>
> Sincerely,
> Robert Eberhart
>
> C:\>npm install uglify
> npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify
> npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify
> npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify
> npm ERR! Error: CERT_UNTRUSTED
> npm ERR!     at SecurePair.<anonymous> (tls.js:1283:32)
> npm ERR!     at SecurePair.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)
> npm ERR!     at SecurePair.maybeInitFinished (tls.js:896:10)
> npm ERR!     at CleartextStream.read [as _read] (tls.js:430:15)
> npm ERR!     at CleartextStream.Readable.read (_stream_readable.js:294:10)
> npm ERR!     at EncryptedStream.write [as _write] (tls.js:344:25)
> npm ERR!     at doWrite (_stream_writable.js:211:10)
> npm ERR!     at writeOrBuffer (_stream_writable.js:201:5)
> npm ERR!     at EncryptedStream.Writable.write (_stream_writable.js:172:11)
> npm ERR!     at write (_stream_readable.js:547:24)
> npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
> npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
> npm ERR! or email it to:
> npm ERR!     <[email protected]>
>
> npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
> npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program
> Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "uglify"
> npm ERR! cwd C:\Windows\system32
> npm ERR! node -v v0.10.3
> npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.17
> npm ERR!
> npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
> npm ERR!     C:\Windows\system32\npm-debug.log
> npm ERR! not ok code 0

I don't think npm lets you specify a custom CA chain from the command
line.  You'll either have to hack npm or download the tarballs
manually and have npm install those.

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