Wednesday, March 19, 2008

error with wget: use `--no-check-certificate` for licenses/updates

If you get the following:

server# ./getLicense.sh 1234 5678
--13:13:11-- https://www.directadmin.com/cgi-bin/licenseupdate?lid=1234&uid=5678
=> `/usr/local/directadmin/conf/license.key'
Resolving www.directadmin.com... 66.51.122.131
Connecting to www.directadmin.com|66.51.122.131|:443... connected.
ERROR: Certificate verification error for www.directadmin.com: unable to get local issuer certificate
To connect to www.directadmin.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.
Unable to establish SSL connection.
Error downloading the license file


You'll need to get a new wget binary from http://files.directadmin.com/services.

FreeBSD 4.x:

wget http://files.directadmin.com/services/freebsd4.8/wget_new
cp /usr/local/bin/wget /usr/local/bin/wget.old
cp ./wget_new /usr/local/bin/wget
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/wget


FreeBSD 5.x:

wget http://files.directadmin.com/services/freebsd5.1/wget_new
cp /usr/local/bin/wget /usr/local/bin/wget.old
cp ./wget_new /usr/local/bin/wget
chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/wget

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