Author Archives: jeff

Errors with RabbitMQ on FreeBSD

Posted on October 14, 2009 by jeff

I’ve run into the following error(s) intermittently while starting or stopping RabbitMQ on my FreeBSD machine. It was rather perplexing as it seemed inconsistent. The messages have been abbreviated for brevity. $ sudo /usr/local/etc/rc.d/rabbitmq start {error_logger,{{2009,10,14},{9,8,46}},std_error,”File operation error: eacces. Target: … Continue reading →

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How do I determine the expiration date of a p12 certificate?

Posted on December 15, 2008 by jeff

First you will need to translate the pkcs12 certificate into a PEM certificate. The PEM certificate is only needed temporarily and can later be removed. $ openssl pkcs12 -in certificate.p12 -out tempcrt.pem Enter Import Password: MAC verified OK Enter PEM … Continue reading →

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Fixing PCRE_UTF8 Errors in FreeBSD

Posted on December 7, 2008 by jeff

I have recently encountered this error: PHP Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: this version of PCRE is not compiled with PCRE_UTF8 support at offset 0 And despite some of the suggested solutions I have found in various Drupal and MediaWiki forums, … Continue reading →

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