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

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On 04:03 pm, da...@cr... wrote:
>On Tue Aug 18 17:57:53 2009, Matthias G wrote:
>>Can someone please tell, why for gods sake i receive this error?
>>
>>-------------------------
>>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')]
>>-------------------------
>
>Because the string 'client.pem' does not have a PEM start line...
>
>crypto.load_certificate(crypto.FILETYPE_PEM,
>file('client.pem').read())
>
>will do what you want.

Groan.  Good catch, Dave. :)

Jean-Paul