I preface this message to alert the reader that I remain a novice both in use of STunnel and Linux. I am trying to generate an SSL/TLS certificate for use w/ my various e-mail clients.

I downloaded and extracted STunnel 5.59 on my Linux Mint Debian box.

After perusing the files I issued the following command sudo ./configure --enable-fips

Without repeating all the verbiage, it seemed to run properly.

I then issued the following command make cert

It returned the usual information requests (though it didn't ask for an e-mail address) but returned the following:

/usr/bin/install -c -b -m 600 stunnel.pem /usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file ‘/usr/local/etc/stunnel/stunnel.pem’: No such file or directory Makefile:549: recipe for target 'cert' failed make[1]: *** [cert] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/was/stunnel-5.59/tools' Makefile:883: recipe for target 'cert' failed make: *** [cert] Error 2

I negotiated through </usr/local/etc> and ascertained there was no </stunnel> folder. Unfortunately the permissions prevent me from creating this folder.

I am thus stumped. Suggestions?