Apache fails to start with the message "NSS_Initialize failed. Certificate database: /etc/httpd/alias."

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Issue

  • After updating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6, Apache service fails to start, error log says:

    NSS_Initialize failed. Certificate database: /etc/httpd/alias.
    SSL Library error: -8038 SEC_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED
    
  • Apache segfaults after updating to RHEL 5.6

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
  • mod_nss-1.0.8-3.el5.x86_64

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