Here is some more detail, this time with nrpe. I realize its not the same as the plugins, but they dont play well with SUNW packages. checking for SSL... configure: error: Cannot find ssl libraries root @ ironman: which openssl /usr/sfw/bin/openssl root @ ironman: pkginfo -l SUNWopenssl-libraries PKGINST: SUNWopenssl-libraries NAME: OpenSSL Libraries (Usr) CATEGORY: system ARCH: sparc VERSION: 11.10.0 ,REV=2005.01.21.15.53 BASEDIR: / VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc. DESC: OpenSSL Libraries (Usr) PSTAMP: on10-patch20051119222253 INSTDATE: Feb 15 2007 13:31 HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider STATUS: completely installed FILES: 19 installed pathnames 5 shared pathnames 4 directories 4 executables 13966 blocks used (approx) root @ ironman: echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH /lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/csw/lib:/usr/sfw/lib root @ ironman: crle -v Configuration file [version 4]: /var/ld/ld.config Default Library Path (ELF): /lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/csw/lib:/usr/sfw/lib Trusted Directories (ELF): /lib/secure:/usr/lib/secure (system default) I'm pretty confident that I can install openssl from source or perhaps even from sunfreeware (which installs in /usr/local by default) and it will work just fine. Just more info for those compiler types out there (of which I'm obviously not one. ;) -Marc <div>On 3/20/07, Marc Belanger <<a href="mailto:sun.jedi@gmail.com">sun.jedi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Openssl was the default Sun package; root @ paranoid: pkginfo -l SUNWopensslr PKGINST: SUNWopensslr NAME: OpenSSL (Root) CATEGORY: system ARCH: sparc VERSION: 11.10.0,REV=2005.01.21.15.53 BASEDIR: / VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc. DESC: OpenSSL (Root) PSTAMP: gaget20050121155950 INSTDATE: Jan 23 2007 12:16 HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider STATUS: completely installed FILES: 6 installed pathnames 2 shared pathnames 5 directories 16 blocks used (approx) They were in 'crle' as /usr/sfw/lib which is because I had thought that LD_LIBRARY_PATH was superseded by crle. I installed openssl 0.9.8e from source, re ./configure and check_http works fine. <div>On 3/16/07, Subhendu Ghosh <<a href="mailto:sghosh@sghosh.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> sghosh@sghosh.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Marc Belanger wrote: Where is openssl installed? Are the SSL libs in LD_LIBRARY... </blockquote></div> </blockquote></div>