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I'm running Debian (Lenny).

When I run this:

curl --ssl https://www.google.com

I get this error:

curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
More details here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html

curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "bundle"
 of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). If the default
 bundle file isn't adequate, you can specify an alternate file
 using the --cacert option.
If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in
 the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a
 problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might
 not match the domain name in the URL).
If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use
 the -k (or --insecure) option.
celwell
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It might happen because curl can't access valid CA certs bundle. Maybe you just didn't install those, so try this:

apt-get install ca-certificates

If it doesn't help - check CURL_CA_BUNDLE, make sure curl doesn't look for bundle in a wrong place.

Andrey Voitenkov
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