Re: Windows SSL Error

And what about the system-wide file then? /etc/subversion/servers?

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Platz, Steve <Steve_Platz_at_lord.com> wrote:
> For those Linux servers that I've tried this on, the ~/.subversion/servers file is the default one that is created with a brand new install. There are no entries under [global] or [groups].
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johan Corveleyn [mailto:jcorvel_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:49 PM
> To: Platz, Steve
> Cc: users_at_subversion.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Windows SSL Error
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Platz, Steve <Steve_Platz_at_lord.com> wrote:
>> Our Entrust SSL certificate recently expired and was replaced with a
>> new one utilizing a certificate chain.  Since installing the new
>> certificate, access to a front-end website using this same certificate has been unaffected.
>> However, we're now seeing issues when we attempt to check
>> out/update/browse/etc the repository using Windows (XP/7). In Windows,
>> using version 1.6.16, I'm getting the following error:
>>
>>
>>
>>                 C:\Users\steve_platz>svn info
>> https://path/to/repository
>>
>> Error validating server certificate for 'https://path/to/repository:443':
>>
>> - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the
>> fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!
>>
>> Certificate information:
>>
>>                - Hostname: my.website.com
>>
>>                - Valid: from Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:52:34 GMT until Fri,
>> 05 Jun
>> 2015 23:15:02 GMT
>>
>>
>>
>>                - Issuer: (c) 2009 Entrust, Inc., www.entrust.net/rpa
>> is incorporated by reference, Entrust, Inc., US
>>
>>                - Fingerprint:
>> 96:b4:fa:19:bd:4a:ec:c2:bc:19:33:b8:25:2a:0a:47:28:41:07:d0
>>
>> (R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? T
>>
>>
>>
>> Running the above (svn info) from a Linux machine works as you would
>> expect it to, without certificate errors. Is this a bug with the
>> Windows client or have I set something up incorrectly?
>
> Just guessing, but maybe the Linux machine (only your account, or
> system-wide) has been configured to trust the Issuer's certificate as a trusted certificate authority (thus automatically trusting every certificate issued by that CA), and your Windows machine hasn't.
>
> This can be configured on the client side, with the property ssl-authority-files
> - For the user in ~/.subversion/servers
> - System-wide in /etc/subversion/servers
>
> See for more info:
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.confarea.html#svn.advanced.confarea.opts.servers
>
> You can do the same on Windows (also system-wide, I think that only works via the Registry, but see the book for more details).
>
> HTH,
> --
> Johan
>

-- 
Johan