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-rw-r--r--apps/ca.c21
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/apps/ca.c b/apps/ca.c
index 2f43a9bc7f..b6cf47f0f2 100644
--- a/apps/ca.c
+++ b/apps/ca.c
@@ -703,24 +703,13 @@ end_of_options:
#ifndef OPENSSL_SYS_VMS
/*
* outdir is a directory spec, but access() for VMS demands a
- * filename. In any case, stat(), below, will catch the problem if
- * outdir is not a directory spec, and the fopen() or open() will
- * catch an error if there is no write access.
- *
- * Presumably, this problem could also be solved by using the DEC C
- * routines to convert the directory syntax to Unixly, and give that
- * to access(). However, time's too short to do that just now.
+ * filename. We could use the DEC C routine to convert the
+ * directory syntax to Unixly, and give that to app_isdir,
+ * but for now the fopen will catch the error if it's not a
+ * directory
*/
- if (app_access(outdir, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) != 0)
- {
- BIO_printf(bio_err, "I am unable to access the %s directory\n",
- outdir);
- perror(outdir);
- goto end;
- }
-
if (app_isdir(outdir) <= 0) {
- BIO_printf(bio_err, "%s need to be a directory\n", outdir);
+ BIO_printf(bio_err, "%s: %s is not a directory\n", prog, outdir);
perror(outdir);
goto end;
}