tanush wrote:
i want to import my certificate from a web page with "auto import" feature,
i tested two configurations:
(1)mozilla with only one email account
(2)mozilla with multiple email accounts
i visited VeriSign web page with certificate auto import feature,
in (1) it works perfectly, my certificate apears in "Your Certificates"
tab, but in (2) my certificate apears in "Other People's" tab,
why is it so? how can i change it?
please tell me,
regards peter,
The number of email accounts is probably not relevant. You apparently
have two mozilla profiles, and the private key is only in one of them.
A cert appears in "Your certificates" when its corresponding private key
is in the key3.db file for that mozilla profile. If the corresponding
private key is not in your profile, the cert will appear in
"Other Peoples' certs".
The private key is typically generated in your browser when you first
apply for the certificate. It typically resides in the key3.db file
in the mozilla profile that you were using at that time.
The "right" way to move a cert and its corresponding private key from
one profile to another is not to download it from a web page (where
anyone might get access to your private key), nor to copy the key3.db
file, but rather is to "export" your cert and private key to a PKCS12
file using the cert manager in the profile where the private key lives,
then "import" that PKCS12 file (.p12 file) into your other profiles
with the cert manager in those profiles.
--
Nelson B
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