Don't prompt for SSL Pass Phrase

[Paul Howarth]

Jon D. Slater wrote:
> I remotely administer a machine with an SSL private certification key.
> 
> Occasionally I need to reboot the machine remotely.
> 
> During the boot process (at the machines location) I get:
> 
>     Server www.blahblahblah.com:443 (RSA)
>     Enter pass phrase:
> 
> And it waits forever.
> 
> Currently I've disable httpd at boot, and start the service manually, 
> through ssh after a reboot.
> 
> Am I missing a more automated solution?

See Alexander's recent post on this subject:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-November/msg01104.html

Paul.