seth vidal wrote: > two things. > >could you run rpm -K -v those.rpm please? > > [root@dozer i386]# rpm -K -v openssl-* openssl-0.9.6b-35.7.1.i386.rpm: Header SHA1 digest: OK (abe54605bfe4421bdc79ab48813e2a83d07e92ce) MD5 digest: OK (9c8083caf24820e4e31fce1701814936) openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7.1.i386.rpm: Header SHA1 digest: OK (67b0534efa47dd35f679b8ac1794f12bb466ea50) MD5 digest: OK (eb0d348b9aae88c5044c09d3676828e5) openssl-perl-0.9.6b-35.7.1.i386.rpm: Header SHA1 digest: OK (8b438bcf5bade9c2c21baf3cde8e3e468b60a3f1) MD5 digest: OK (9d7a299c67cd8d7710ea48d32ee75895) [root@dozer i386]# rpm -K -v ../i686/openssl-0.9.6b-35.7.1.i686.rpm ../i686/openssl-0.9.6b-35.7.1.i686.rpm: Header SHA1 digest: OK (f0ca096de5b638e8e0b70ea06ef61fecd9b7ada2) MD5 digest: OK (a929594e7f050d357eb7a974a259dbdd) >you've not messed with any other settings on the previously installed >openssl packages, have you? > > Nope - they are the standard rpms from a regular 7.3 install. >run rpm -V openssl on the newly installed ones, would you? > > The new rpms did not actually install so here is the rpm -V of the two original openssl packages that are on the machine ... [root@rh73uni root]# rpm -V openssl-0.9.6b-35.7 [root@rh73uni root]# rpm -V openssl-devel-0.9.6b-35.7 .......T /usr/include/openssl/asn1.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/asn1_mac.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/bio.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/blowfish.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/bn.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/buffer.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/cast.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/comp.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/conf.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/conf_api.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/crypto.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/des.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/dh.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/dsa.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/dso.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/e_os.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/e_os2.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/ebcdic.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/engine.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/err.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/evp.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/hmac.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/lhash.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/md2.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/md4.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/md5.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/obj_mac.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/objects.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/opensslconf.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/opensslv.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/pem.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/pem2.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/pkcs12.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/pkcs7.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/rand.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/rc2.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/rc4.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/ripemd.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/rsa.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/safestack.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/sha.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/ssl.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/ssl2.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/ssl23.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/ssl3.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/stack.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/symhacks.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/tls1.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/tmdiff.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/txt_db.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/x509.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/x509_vfy.h .......T /usr/include/openssl/x509v3.h [root@rh73uni root]# hth - thanks pantz -- Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes ... That way when you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes!