Ubuntu
ssl-cert package

  1. Bug #1004682
  2. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 1004682

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Ben Howard (darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount) wrote : apache2/ssl-cert fails to install on long-named hosts

Apache2 reuqires the SSL-Cert package. On hosts where the host name is longer than 64-characters, then ssl-cert fails to configure and leaves Apache2 unconfigured.

ben@utlemming-22a:~$ hostname -f
utlemming-22a.139cd93ba280479588e4157eac561a0b.utlemming-22a.525551751.uswest.internal.utlemmings-excellent-cloud.com

ben@utlemming-22a:~$ sudo make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil
Could not create certificate. Openssl output was:
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to '/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key'
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problems making Certificate Request
139776384734880:error:0D07A097:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_mbstring_ncopy:string too long:a_mbstr.c:154:maxsize=64

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ssl-cert 1.0.28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 25 14:01:45 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64+mac (20120327.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ssl-cert
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)