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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi. I’m running openssl CLI 1.0.1j (for example) on a bunch of different unix platforms. On all of them, the default missing /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf causes a warning, but the CLI continues to initialize and opens the command line. We’ve known about this behavior since first incorporating 1.0.1c years ago); this is no big deal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Except for AIX: on all our AIX machines of varying versions, the missing /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf raises a permission error, and openssl CLI refuses to run. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>openssl version<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>1152921504606846944:error:0200100D:system library:fopen:Permission denied:bss_file.c:169:fopen('/usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf','rb')<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>1152921504606846944:error:2006D002:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:system lib:bss_file.c:174:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>1152921504606846944:error:0E078002:configuration file routines:DEF_LOAD:system lib:conf_def.c:199:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>None of the hosts we’ve visited have /usr/local/ssl, not to mention the actual default file. In fact, on some, even non-AIX hosts, permissions would suggest that the permission should be returned. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Should this be happening? Is AIX simply less forgiving, and returns a more serious error. Or is the openssl CLI handling the missing file differently on AIX? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks for any enlightenment shareable. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dave McLellan, Enterprise Storage Software Engineering, EMC Corporation, 176 South St.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mail Stop 176-V1 1/P-36, Hopkinton, MA 01749<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: 508-249-1257, FAX: 508-497-8027, Mobile: 978-500-2546, dave.mclellan@emc.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>