certificate setup question
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Hello - I've imported a certificate into my "Trusted Root Certification Authority Store." The certificate icon has a tiny key image in the upper left-hand corner so the certificate appears to be associated with a private key. However, when I try to add a reference to the WCF service that uses this certificate the system returns the following error message: "It is likely that certificate 'CN=RootCATest' may not have a private key that is capable of key exchange or the process may not have access rights for the private key." Any idea what the problem might be? Based on googling it appears I should be able to right click the cert in my MMC and select "All Tasks" > "Manage Private Keys". However, this menu option is not available for my certificate for some reason. My understanding was that if the cert is in the proper store and it has the key image in the top left corner then everything should be go but this does not appear to be the case....
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Hello - I've imported a certificate into my "Trusted Root Certification Authority Store." The certificate icon has a tiny key image in the upper left-hand corner so the certificate appears to be associated with a private key. However, when I try to add a reference to the WCF service that uses this certificate the system returns the following error message: "It is likely that certificate 'CN=RootCATest' may not have a private key that is capable of key exchange or the process may not have access rights for the private key." Any idea what the problem might be? Based on googling it appears I should be able to right click the cert in my MMC and select "All Tasks" > "Manage Private Keys". However, this menu option is not available for my certificate for some reason. My understanding was that if the cert is in the proper store and it has the key image in the top left corner then everything should be go but this does not appear to be the case....
I have first hand seen an instance where the certificate displayed the behavior you stated yet nothing seemed to get the private key available. Deleting the cert and re-installing fixed the problem.
Member 3919049 wrote:
I try to add a reference to the WCF service t
In windows 7/2008 you have to jump through hoops to make the cert have the correct permissions to be visible.
Member 3919049 wrote:
However, this menu option is not available for my certificate for some reason.
I think I resolved this by running MMC as admin. But if all else fails there is a way to do it via the command line. You will need to google the specifics but the steps are. 1. Determine the file where the private key is stored (there is a tool to do this.) 2. Use or a command line tool to change the permissions on the file.
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I have first hand seen an instance where the certificate displayed the behavior you stated yet nothing seemed to get the private key available. Deleting the cert and re-installing fixed the problem.
Member 3919049 wrote:
I try to add a reference to the WCF service t
In windows 7/2008 you have to jump through hoops to make the cert have the correct permissions to be visible.
Member 3919049 wrote:
However, this menu option is not available for my certificate for some reason.
I think I resolved this by running MMC as admin. But if all else fails there is a way to do it via the command line. You will need to google the specifics but the steps are. 1. Determine the file where the private key is stored (there is a tool to do this.) 2. Use or a command line tool to change the permissions on the file.
including the following parameter with makecert fixed the issue: -sky exchange