RE: ldap_start_tls: Can't contact LDAP server

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Justin Wood

> openssl s_client -connect ldapmaster.flipdog.com:636, and it seems to
> see the cert, but I get a response I'm not sure of.  Along with
> reporting the certificate it found, I see the following.
>
> verify error:num=19:self signed certificate in certificate chain
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

I believe this means you have more than one self-signed certificate in your
certificate chain. This shouldn't happen; you should have one root-level
Certificate Authority that has a self-signed cert, and then all other
(lower) certificates in a chain should be signed by a superior CA.

  -- Howard Chu
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