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[webmin-l] cannot create certs

[RYAN M. v. G. <lu...@co...>]

I get the error message below when tring to create a new kay as suggested
in the docs.
I was also unable to login to the webmin interface while ssl was enabled,
beleive these to problems must be linked.  Here is are some version #'s and 
system info

FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Tue Jun 21 17:35:40 MDT 2005     rm...@to...:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TOKYONOFIRE  i386

webmin-1.260_2 
openssl-0.9.8a

ps i am very new with webmin so please be easy on me and thank u in advance.



Generating a 512 bit RSA private key
...++++++++++++
...++++++++++++
writing new private key to '/tmp/.webmin/442302_2_newkey.cgi'
-----
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.



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Re: [webmin-l] cannot create certs

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 13:17, RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN wrote:
> I get the error message below when tring to create a new kay as suggested
> in the docs.
> I was also unable to login to the webmin interface while ssl was enabled,
> beleive these to problems must be linked.  Here is are some version #'s and 
> system info
> 
> FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Tue Jun 21 17:35:40 MDT 2005     rm...@to...:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TOKYONOFIRE  i386
> 
> webmin-1.260_2 
> openssl-0.9.8a
> 
> ps i am very new with webmin so please be easy on me and thank u in advance.
> 
> 
> 
> Generating a 512 bit RSA private key
> ...++++++++++++
> ...++++++++++++
> writing new private key to '/tmp/.webmin/442302_2_newkey.cgi'
> -----
> You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
> into your certificate request.
> What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
> There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
> For some fields there will be a default value,
> If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.

Does this happen when you use the SSL Encryption page in the Webmin
Configuration module to create a new SSL key? If so, are you sure you
posted the full error message above, or only the first part? There seems
to be some missing ..

 - Jamie