Re: ssl database connection problems...

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql826 --with-libraries=/usr/local/openssl/lib --with-includes=/usr/local/openssl/include/ --with-openssl

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 03:47:54PM -0500, Carol Walter wrote:
> Well, back from the flu. =P
>
> How do I tell postgres where to look for ssl. I've got both the new and
> the original versions of openssl. I don't want to remove the original one
> because it's loaded on the global zone and I don't know what other
> dependencies it might have. Do I have to back everything out and run
> ./configure again? I don't see a parm in postgresql.conf.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol
>
> On Dec 31, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Ray Stell wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:16:42AM -0500, Carol Walter wrote:
>>>> On the web site you directed me to, the s_server command uses a file
>>>> called 'mycert.pem'. Do you know what the system expecting for this
>>>> file?
>>
>> It's just a file and you tell openssl where it is, where you put it
>> once it is created. You request this file from your CA (certificate
>> authority) who will provide you with the root.crt, the public side of
>> the chain. You can generate your own with openssl. Here's a great
>> demo: http://www.madboa.com/geek/openssl/#cert
>>
>
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