Forgotten Pass Phrase!!

Hi all,

Recently restarted my apache web server, afterwhich when i try to start httpd service, was prompted for a pass phrase. No one seem to remember what the pass phrase is. So i like to know if there is a way to resolve this and if not what are my options? Maybe issue another certificate?


Many thanks,
Utterly screwed

 

You have to issue or have issued another ssl cert. You can run the httpd service without ssl by using apachectl start instead of startssl.

Alternatively, you can get things up and running by commenting out the virtual host record for the cert whose passphrase you forgot.

 

Sorry, but i'm kinda newbie at this. I tried running "apachectl start" But was still prompted for the pass phrase. Where can i find the virtual host record?

Thanks

 

hmm... on my server you need to specify startssl to get the ssl server going - mine's a pretty customized version though - I probably did something to make it work like that and I don't remember what .

You can find the virtual host record in your httpd.conf file - usually in /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

Sorry I can't be more help right now, but I gotta get to bed.