curl-users
Re: curl https problem on an embedded system
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:56:39 -0500
At 12:30 PM 10/13/2006, you wrote:
> >> I installed curl+ssl on two machines in a similar manner.
> >>
> >> On the development pc (i386-redhat-linux), curl https works fine.
> >> [see clip#1]
> >>
> >> But, on the embedded system board (mipsel-uclinux), curl https fails to
> >> verify the server cert. [see clip#2]
> >> The way curl is currently implemented on the board is by NFS mounting
> >> dev pc's directory (/mnt/curl) containing cross-compiled curl files.
> >> e.g. # mount -o nolock 192.168.1.23:/mnt /mnt
>...........
> >> Is it NFS mount? or something else?
> >
> >That sounds to me like an OpenSSL portability problem of some sort. Do the
> >openssl command-line tools work to verify the key on the MIPS system?
>
>The cross-compiled OpenSSL stays on the pc.
>Only the cross-compiled curl --with-ssl is mounted onto the target board.
>(I assume all necessary OpenSSL files were included in the curl lib during
>build)
>................
Since I ran curl https on the embedded system from a mounted read-only
directory, is it possible
that some 'write' attempts were hindered and thus the failure ?
Received on 2007-01-24