On Wed, May 09, 2007, Christopher Kunz wrote: > Dr. Stephen Henson schrieb: > > Hmmm that error shouldn't be encountered when you load a certificate. It > > suggests that you have an RSA private key but that it is in an invalid > > format. > > > I forgot to mention that openssl x509 -text -noout -in mycertchain.pem > does produce valid output, and seems to disregard the error that > prevents the certificate from actually being usable. To me that means > that it somehow has to be syntactically correct. I can provide you with > demo credentials if that is of any help - they are set to run out after > 12 hours anyway. :) > > Thanks for your help, >
What I meant was that error looks like there is a private key in the file which is causing the function PEM_read_bio_X509_INFO() to fail when it attempts to read it rather than a certificate reading error or possibly that error is from a previous function call. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]