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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:25:31 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   apache13-modssl nuked my private key
Message-ID:  <20020112182030.N45820-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net>

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Hi all,

When I (with ports updated yesterday) re-built apache13-modssl and
made the install target, it overwrote
/usr/local/etc/apache/ssl.key/server.key, without saving a backup. It
does similar things for server.crt, server.csr, etc. Many admins
(including myself) don't change the name "server.key" for their
default private key.

As a result, httpd would start, but exit immediately, dumping "key
value mismatch" to the error log.

(Of *course* I had a backup :-)

I don't have the time right now to wade through apache's monster plist
to determine what else could potentially get nuked by install... but I
am of the opinion that these files, like the apache .conf files,
should *not* get overwritten, or should be saved as -samples.

This is intended for discussion, so this isn't a PR.

- Ryan

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  Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
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