If your ssl was statically compiled into your Apache installation your httpd -l would have shown mod_ssl.c. So I think you need a LoadModule directive in your httpd.conf for mod_ssl.so, assuming mod_ssl was independently compiled. Without mod_ssl.c I think the IfModule directive test (in httpd.conf) for mod_ssl.c fails also, meaning if you have an ssl.conf then httpd startssl won't pick that up. I've only installed ssl statically so correct me if I'm wrong please, anyone. Not that installing openssl is not enough to install ssl into Apache. Openssl provides the utilities necessary to manage certificates, etc, but then you need to configure your httpd.conf and ssl.conf to get it up and running. BZAG >From Spencer Plantier: httpd -l shows: # ./httpd -l Compiled in modules: core.c prefork.c http_core.c mod_so.c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Previously: Do you need to put a LoadModule directive in httpd.conf for ssl? Do a search in your httpd.conf for "DSO". Check if your mod_ssl was statically compiled using "httpd -l" which lists the statically compiled modules. BZAG +++++++++++++++++++++++ >From Spencer Plantier: I have installed openssl without any errors and php without any errors. Could someone help me troubleshoot this error. I am new to apache and am starting to hit deadlines on trying to get apache up and running. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is how I built openssl: ../config make make build-shared mv libssl.so* /usr/local/lib mv libcrypto.so* /usr/local/lib Syntax error on line 251 of /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_ssl.so into server: ld.so.1: /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_ssl.so: symbol X509_INFO_free: referenced symbol not found # ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Oh fools, so hard do ye tread the mines lain at Golgotha in search of reality for the sake of truth, only to find it and despair ! Yes, Death is reality and true, but it need not be your calling !" - The Christologic Clown. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx