[pyOpenSSL] crypto.load_certificate() throws 'no start line'

[Matthias G. <Mat...@gm...>]

Hello guys

I am trying to open an Base64 encoded X509 certificate using the
following two lines:

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#!/usr/bin/python
from OpenSSL import *
crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, 'client.pem') 
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Can someone please tell, why for gods sake i receive this error?

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 2, in <module>
    crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, 'client.pem')
OpenSSL.crypto.Error: [('PEM routines', 'PEM_read_bio', 'no start
line')]
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I am using the latest pyOpenSSL modules (version 0.9)  and OpenSSL
version ' OpenSSL 0.9.8k-fips 25 Mar 2009'

This is what my test certificate looks like

$ cat client.pem

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----