Newbie unable to run mod_ssl with Apache

Hi,

I am using the following versions of the software ...

1) openssl (v0.9.6)
2) mod_ssl (2.8.0-1.3.17)
3) Apache (v1.3.17)
4) OS : Redhat Linux 6.2

1) openssl (v0.9.6)

./config -fPIC no-idea shared --prefix=/usr/local/openssl \
--openssldir=/usr/local/openssl

make
make test
make install

cp –p /usr/local <openssl_source>/lib*.a /usr/local/openssl/lib
cd /usr/local/openssl/lib
rm libcrypto.so
rm libcrypto.so.0
rm libssl.so
rm libssl.so.0
ln –s libcrypto.so.0.9.6 libcrypto.so
ln –s libcrypto.so.0.9.6 libcrypto.so.0
ln –s libssl.so.0.9.6 libssl.so
ln –s libssl.so.0.9.6 libssl.so.0


2) MM (Shared Memory Management) v1.1.3 {{optional}}
./configure --disable-shared
make


3) mod_ssl (2.8.0-1.3.17)

cd /usr/local … <mod_ssl source tree>
EAPI_MM=../mm-1.1.3
./configure --with-apache=/usr/local/apache_1.3.17



4)
Configure and make and install Apache with DSO support

cd <Apache-source-tree)

SSL_BASE=/usr/local/ …. <path to openssl source> \
EAPI_MM=/usr/local/… <path to mm source> \
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache \
--enable-rule=SHARED_CORE \
--enable-module=most \
--enable-shared=max \
--enable-module=ssl \
--enable-shared=ssl

make
make certificate TYPE=dummy etc
make install



When i run ./apachectl startssl,
i keep getting Syntax error on line 245 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
> Cannot load /usr/local/apache/libexec/libssl.so into server: libssl.so.0:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

there is the mod_ssl.so in the libexec sub-directory but I do not understand the reference to the libexec.so.0 file

Has anyone come across these message, its seems that the integration is not as easy as it sounds, HELP!!!

Thanks in advance.

Try recompiling Apache, step (4, by specifying SSL_BASE=SYSTEM, since you installed openssl, this tells Apache to look in the common system locations for the libraries. This will probably fix your problem.

Or you can create a symbolic link in the standard lib directory to the libssl.so.0 like so:

cd /usr/lib
ln -s /usr/local/openssl/lib/libssl.o.0 libssl.o.0


-Carlos

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