It was said that the writers on Star Trek (TNG) had a way of saying, “We’ll fill in the jargon later”. That was to just write “Tech” several times in bold or italics.<\/p>\n
I am on a continual quest to take my server to the next level. I am also trying to learn how and why it works. However, the further I go, the more I really learn about my limitations of knowledge.<\/p>\n
So, beyond the cut it my latest tech traumas. If you know answers to techie type quandaries or know people who do… any advice would be more than warmly welcomed.<\/p>\n
So here is this week’s installment of:
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\nPlease note: all of my work is done on Mac OS X Server. This translates to: I’m using standard unix and sometimes get a nifty GUI interface. But typically, no. I don’t.<\/p>\n
My two current major brain bashers are
\nCyrus\/IMAP and SSL<\/p>\n
Cyrus\/IMAP:
\nIt would seem that my test user’s cyrus directory has gotten munged. I’d like to remove it, find a way to extract the user’s old mail and then deposit or transfer it into a freshly created area. Actually, I’d like to change the name of the user’s mail identity.<\/p>\n
SSL:
\nOh, this one has been a nightmare. I actually got a cert agency to make me a 128 bit cert. This all seemed to go as planned. I installed it just as the apache ssl_mod says:<\/p>\n
SSLCertificateFile \/path to certificate file\/your issued certificate
\nSSLCertificateKeyFile \/path to key file\/your key file
\nSSLCertificateChainFile \/path to intermediate certificate\/sf_issuing.crt <\/p>\n
I even told the cert agency: Apache. Made the local key, made the CSR. Got back the key and the chain key.<\/p>\n
When I run httpd it quickly dies with the errors:
\n[Sat Feb 26 13:03:00 2005] [error] mod_ssl: Init: Pass phrase incorrect (OpenSSL library error follows)
\n[Sat Feb 26 13:03:00 2005] [error] OpenSSL: error:0D07207B:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_get_object:header too long<\/p>\n
I am assuming that the Pass phrase is the one I used to generate the local key. So… where am I having problems. The error is none to clear.<\/p>\n
Any advice\/pointers appreciated…<\/p>\n
I wish I knew more about what I was doing.<\/p>\n