[openssl-users] WARNING message "can't open config file” when running openssl command

[rsalz@xxxxxxxxxx (Salz, Rich)]

> $ openssl x509 -in cert.pem -noout -text
> $ WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf

> How can I eliminate this WARNING message even though the ?/usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf? file does not exist?

Among other options, "OPENSSL_CONF=/dev/null ; export OPENSSL_CONF"