SMT: suse_register command fails to authenticate certificate

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1

Situation

suse_register command fails to authenticate certifcate
suse_register command fails to authenticate when an intermediate CA cert is requried

Resolution

suse_register uses curl to cconnect to update servers. When a certificate has been signed either by local certificate authority or through an intermediate certificate authority, suse_register may fail. Appending the Certfiicate Authority certificate or the intermediate certificate authority to curl's bundle file can fix this problem.

Steps to fix:

Copy the CA or intermediate CA certificate to /etc/ssl/certs
Back up /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
Run the following where CERT is the name of the CA or intermediate CA certificate
cat /etc/ssl/certs/CERT >> usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
Run suse_register

modifying the client4SMT.sh script

SUSE does not support modifying the client4SMT.sh script. However, advanced users familiar with shell scripting can modify client4SMT.sh to fetch an updated curl-ca-bundle.crt. If you have trouble with modify the client4SMT.sh script, SUSE will not be able to help.

Put the updated curl-ca-bundle.crt on a webserver
To the top of client4SMT.sh, add something similiar to the following
wget http://$2/curl-ca-bundle.crt
mv /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt /usr/share/curl-ca-bundle-`date +%Y%m%d-%R:%S:%N`.bk
mv curl-ca-bundle.crt /usr/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
Save the file
If using the script example, run the the client4SMT.sh with the -host SERVER, where SERVER is the name off the server.

Additional Information

Verisign Intermediate CA Certificates

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