Hi, --Thanks, just one last thing..:-) >and you'll need the path to the openssl stuff. Does this mean that I have to set some parameter to the path to openssl or I just need the path to openssl to generate my certificates and keys... cheers junaid On 8/4/07, Tom Ray [Lists] <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Junaid Arshad wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Yes, I have OpenSSL installed and also have .key and .crt files at > > the correct place. I am not an administrator on this machine and only > > have root privileges on apache tree so don't exactly know if apache > > was installed with --enable-ssl option. I used "httpd -l" to get a > > list of compiled modules and it DOES NOT show mod_ssl.so. Does this > > mean that apache was not compiled with mod_ssl??? > > > Yup, Apache needs to be re-compiled using --enable-ssl and you'll need > the path to the openssl stuff. > > To specify the SSL configuration, I use <IfModule mod_ssl> rather than > > <IfDefine SSL> which allows to me use ./apachectl startssl rather than > > to specify -DSSL flag... > > > > > startssl is old, you should be using -DSSL > > I looked at the error logs and found that, I have the following error > > "Invalid method in request \x80=\x01\x03". After this I also checked > > my ssl.conf and found that I do have "SSLEngine on" in the virtual > > host but My guess is that there is some problem with SSLEngine which > > causes https requests to be dealt by http causing an error.... > > > > > That error happens when Apache isn't running with the SSL. When you type > in HTTPS you're making an invalid request method. > > Your thoughts on this please...:-) > > > > cheers > > > > junaid > > > > > >> OK the big questions. Do you have OpenSSL installed? Did you compile > >> Apache with mod_ssl? Do you have the .key and .crt files in the correct > >> place on the server? Did you start apache with the -DSSL flag? > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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