MySQL Bugs: #31360: SSL certificate files in my.cnf are not relative to datadir

Bug #31360	SSL certificate files in my.cnf are not relative to datadir
Submitted:	3 Oct 2007 1:40	Modified:	3 Oct 2007 2:49
Reporter:	Matt Sturtz
Status:	Analyzing
Category:	Server: General	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.0.46-0.rhel3	OS:	Linux
Assigned to:		Target Version:

Description:
When specifying certificate file options in my.cnf, filenames are not relative to
datadir.  All other my.cnf options, such as the 'log' and 'log-bin', are relative to
datadir if not specified with a full pathname

How to repeat:
ca-cert.pem, server-cert.pem, and server-key.pem are all in /var/lib/mysql

The following my.cnf config does not work:

   #SSL configuration...
   ssl
   ssl-ca          = ca-cert.pem
   ssl-cert        = server-cert.pem
   ssl-key         = server-key.pem

...It generates the following error:

SSL error: Unable to get certificate from 'server-cert.pem'
071002 18:11:50 [Warning] Failed to setup SSL

Adding the full pathname to those three .pem files fixes the issue.

this may be related:

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=25748