Re: lynx-dev FORCE_SSL_PROMPT:NO

[Stef Caunter]

Added procedure to determine default ssl cert location
(thanks to DK and HN)
Neutralized path and system definition language (thanks to
TG and HN)
Re-presented environment variable definition as possible
solution.
File is getting big so attachment not duplicated in
message body, please advise if I should do it the other way.

--Stef
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Henry Nelson wrote:
>
> > > From address@hidden  Fri Jul 25 06:44:08 2003
> > > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:51:29 -0700 (PDT)
> > > From: Doug Kaufman <address@hidden>
> > > Subject: Re: lynx-dev FORCE_SSL_PROMPT:NO
> > >
> > > On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Stef Caunter wrote:
> > >
> > > > I didn't have such luck with certs being found on either
> > > > Open or Net, which is probably why we are having this
> > > > discussion, and why the
> > > > README needed some discussion of the environment variable.
> > > > (for other such unlucky types!)
> > >
> > > I think you need to find out what the default is on your system. I
> > > suspect that it isn't one of the places where you put your certs. Try
> > > looking at your libcrypto library. Do "strings libcrypto.a |less" and
> > > search for SSL_CERT_FILE. Right above it you should see the default
> > > directories.
> >
> > This is the kind of information, i.e., HOW to find what the default is
> > for your system, that needs to go into the README file.  Then the discussion
> > about setting, or not setting, the environment variable can be made clear
> > and independent of OS/flavor.
> >
> > __Henry
> >
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>  9:51PM  up 4 days, 22:50, 1 user, load averages: 0.08, 0.08, 0.08
> OpenBSD 3.3 i386 Intel Pentium (P54C) ("GenuineIntel" 586-class)
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README.sslcerts
Description: revised Jul25 ssl/certs