On Wednesday 24 July 2002 05 59 r, Michael Bell wrote:

<snip>
> Your apache is misconfigured. The DocumentRoot of your apache is
> something like xyz/ca. This is wrong. The DocumentRoot of your apache
> should be only xyz. If you want to use xyz/ca/ as the documentRoot then
> you must use the appropriate configure-option of OpenCA.
>
I gratiously disagree.  I used the options 

--with-httpd-fs-prefix=/usr/local/apache 
--with-htdocs-fs-prefix=/home/httpd/htdocs-ca 
--with-cgi-fs-prefix=/home/httpd/cgi-ca

during configure (crude locale yes, but not wrong) and when make install-ca 
was performed, a 'ca' directory was created under each of htdocs and cgi fs 
prefixes listed above.  

The DocRoot and ScriptAlias was originally set at what I used during 
configure, as I expected the install to place the files where I specified, 
not in a ca dir below it.  Once I noted the ca dirs had been made, (and I 
could not load the site) I adjusted my doc root and script alias accordingly 
by adding /ca/ to each.

As I stated, phase 1 functioned fine; then during phase 2, install 
certificate, the 404 showed.  It was THEN that I added the alias to 
compensate for it.

<snip>
>
> 1. You must specify this account during configure or must add it by hand
> in openca_dir/etc/servers/ca.conf.
>

I did not see mention of this in the install doc, I'll look again.

> 2. Which option do you use for configure? DocRoot/cgi-ca/ca/ca looks
> really crude? Normally it is DocRoot/cgi-bin/ca/ca. All servers can be
> hosted on apache (I think you use a 0.9-snap).

I specifiy the options used above, the did a make install-ca.  I assumed that 
the install-ca directive would install only all the CA portions, and do so 
completely.  (I noted that manpages were made but not installed, what'd I 
miss?)

I used the RC1 and not a SNAP, which I downloaded within minutes of your 
announcement, from the ftp site you specified.

I thank you very much for your time and all the efforts in this Product.  I'm 
not a Perl guy (but expect i'll now begin to pick it up), and I don't have 
complex knowledge of the inner-workings of this product/project.

I will contribute to OpenCA in the capacity of a competent admin, and will 
provide testing and review of documentation.

I had another question (forgive me) about one of the configure options.
When i specified the --with-web-host= flag, I used the name of my ca server, 
which is (for now) in a private unresolvable domain, later to be disconnected 
from the wire.  I noted that this flag value appears in the revocation url.  
Must I make this value what will be my true public host (most likely yes) and 
if I do so, does it have any conflicting effects on the operation of the CA 
box?

Thanks again

Ron


>
> Michael


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