[openssl-users] 1st time through, only -- "Can't open root/database.attr for reading, No such file or directory" ?

[PGNet Dev]

On 6/4/17 4:51 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>> but the process STARTS with an apparently non-fatal error ...
>>
>>          Using configuration from /home/sec/newCA/openssl.cnf
>>          Can't open root/database.attr for reading, No such file or directory
>>          140013244086016:error:02001002:system library:fopen::crypto/bio/bss_file.c:74:fopen('root/database.attr','r')
>>          140013244086016:error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file:crypto/bio/bss_file.c:81:
> 
> This usually indicates the OpenSSL conf file cannot be found. Its odd
> that "Using configuration from /home/sec/newCA/openssl.cnf" is
> reported.
> 
> Maybe you can try `OPENSSL_CONF=/home/sec/newCA/openssl.cnf <command>`
> to isolate the issue (or maybe rule out its not a conf file problem).

The message above doesn't indicate that openssl.cnf can't be found.  In 
fact it explcitly states that it IS found and IS using it

 >>          Using configuration from /home/sec/newCA/openssl.cnf

It's the same openssl.cnf used in all the PRIOR steps, with not problem 
whatsoever.

Rather it's

 >>          Can't open root/database.attr for reading, No such file or 
directory

that's not found.

I've found that if I simply

	touch root/database.attr
	touch intermediate/database.attr

as already's been done with

	touch root/database
	touch intermediate/database