[Box Backup] Signing Server Certificate Fails.

[ken]

Thanks Ben,

That got me further now get this error:
unable to load X509 request
5644:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start
line:pem_lib.c:632:Expecting: CERTIFICATE REQUEST
No subject found in CSR bbstored/mybizguard.com-key.pem at
/usr/bin/bbstored-certs line 336.

>
> On 27 Oct 2004, at 16:37, ken wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have installed boxbackup on Fedora Core 2 by first making the rpms
>> and
>> then installing the new rpms.
>>
>> I have run the scripts to create the config files, generated the
>> certificate and get a failure when trying to sign the server
>> certificate.
>>
>> Here is what I have done:
>> cd /etc/box/ (directory above the /ca)
>> /usr/bin/bbstored-certs ca sign-server mybizguard.com-key.pem  (the
>> cert
>> is here /etc/box/bbstored/mybizguard.com-key.pem)
>>
>> Error is:
>> mybizguard.com-key.pem does not exist at /usr/bin/bbstored-certs line
>> 270.
>>
>> It seems it cannot find the certificate in the appropriate directory.
>> Question would be where do I run this from?
>
> I would expect you to keep the ca directory well away from anywhere
> which might be publicly accessible. This is essentially the keys to
> your server, with a copy anyone can read any account on the server (and
> mark stuff to be deleted). Although of course they won't be able to
> decrypt the contents.
>
> Anyway, in your example, you would use
>
>    /usr/bin/bbstored-certs ca sign-server bbstored/mybizguard.com-key.pem
>
> because the filename you provide is a filename relative to the current
> directory. The script will then tell you which files you need to
> install on the server in the /etc/box/bbstored/ directory, so you would
> then copy them as instructed.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Ben
>
>
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