Error message: | testuser@thor-x1:~/cert_no_start_line/certs$ openssl x509 -in cert.pem -text unable to load certificate 140178126276248:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:pem_lib.c:701:Expecting: TRUSTED CERTIFICATE |
Description: |
The error message is displayed when using Transport Layer Security (TLS). The syslog-ng application uses OpenSSL for TLS and this message indicates that the certificate contains characters that OpenSSL cannot process. The error occurs when the certificate comes from Windows and you want to use it on a Linux-based computer. On Windows, the end of line (EOL) character is different (\r\n) compared to Linux (\n). To verify this, open the certificate in a text editor, for example, MCEdit. Notice the
Figure 6: Example of OpenSSL character processing error |
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