SSL error "certificate verify failed"

[quigybo]

I am getting the following error
$ echo test | gist
SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

Changing the following suppressed the error, although I doubt it is a proper fix.
diff --git a/lib/gist.rb b/lib/gist.rb
index 6ecc10a..be5b119 100644
--- a/lib/gist.rb
+++ b/lib/gist.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ module Gist
end

     http.use_ssl = true
-    http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
+    http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
     http.ca_file = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "cacert.pem")

     req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)

Also note the following, even though I am currently using commit 1c27da3 (v2.0.0).
$ gist --version
1.4.0
I think somebody forgot to build gist in commit 83bf891. This shouldn't affect the current issue however, as it was just a version bump from v1.4.0.

Possible relevant info:
$ ruby --version
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [i686-linux]

[DeMarko]

I'm getting the same thing.

[stevewoodcock]

Me too!

[aaronky]

So am I
gist --version
2.0.0

&

ruby --version
ruby 1.8.7 (2009-12-24 patchlevel 248) [amd64-freebsd7]

[juev]

I have the same problem.

$ gist -v
2.0.0

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i486-linux]

[bitprophet]

Same here. Gist 2.0.0. I assume this is related to the recent Github switchover to HTTPS-only?

Under

ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [universal-darwin9.0]

I get:

certificate verify failed

And under

ruby 1.8.7 (2010-05-25 patchlevel 266) [i686-darwin9.8.0]

I get:

SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

[githubster]

Same. Thanks
ruby -v
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i486-linux]

[tbbooher]

yeah -- ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [i686-linux]

same error

[ghost]

Same here...

$ gist --version
2.0.0
$ ruby --version
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [i686-darwin10]
$ echo 'test' | gist
SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed
Usage: gist [options] [filename or stdin] [filename] ...
... <snip> ...

[ermaker]

Same.

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [x86_64-linux]
$ gist -v
2.0.0
$ echo 'test' | gist
SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

[dapi]

same error:
SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [i686-linux]
gist 2.0.0
OS: Ubuntu 10.10

[darthdeus]

Same here

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18 revision 29036) [x86_64-linux]
$ gist -v
2.0.0
$ echo 'foo' | gist
SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

[yhager]

metoo

[rduplain]

The gem includes CA certificates, but the standalone script is not using them. Offering a fix in rduplain/gist@1e29722b84635b8fa680dca4fd7e32a976402138. Test using:

https://github.com/rduplain/gist/raw/master/gist

e.g.

curl -O https://github.com/rduplain/gist/raw/master/gist
chmod 755 gist
./gist ...

[darthdeus]

Doesn't work with 1.9.2

$ echo test | ./gist -
invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII

Adding

#encoding: utf-8 

on the second line fixes that https://gist.github.com/762011

[rduplain]

Added suggestion from darthdeus in rduplain@6553d8e3cdffce6fcc1fdf3865d39c37d8323aea

https://github.com/rduplain/gist/raw/master/gist

[philpennock]

Confirmed that rduplain's fix WorksForMe (and makes sense to read, from the PoV of someone familiar with SSL and passingly acquainted with Ruby).

[ghost]

Yes, thanks rduplain! Your fix works well.