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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Node fails to start if /etc/ssl is not accessible","articleBody":"### Version\n\n24.14.0\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\nLinux\n```\n\n### Subsystem\n\n_No response_\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\n```sh\nmkdir -pm 750 ssl || chmod 750 ssl\ndocker run --rm -it -v $PWD/ssl:/etc/ssl -u 999:999 node:24.14.0-alpine3.23 node\nnode: OpenSSL configuration error:\n50B22C3DD67E0000:error:8000000D:system library:BIO_new_file:Permission denied:../deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:67:calling fopen(/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf, rb)\n```\n\n\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\n\nAlways\n\n### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?\n\nIt should ignore this error and continue.\n\n### What do you see instead?\n\nIt quits immediately with fatal error.\n\n### Additional information\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/orgads","@type":"Person","name":"orgads"},"datePublished":"2026-03-12T15:04:57Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/62230"}