Infrastructure/AccountSystem2/CertificateProblem

Nalin Dahyabhai  To: admin@fedoraproject.org

On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 11:13:34AM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: > Ahh, so this does actually prevent you from importing into firefox? We > can fix this but its just a matter of time to do it. We're actually > already working on the second iteration of the accounts system and we > may have better luck fixing it there. The current code base can be > found here though: > > http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/fedora-accounts/?root=fedora

If I've already imported the CA certificate, it does prevent me from importing my certificate.

Okay, I think I see the problem. If I'm reading it right, gen-cert.cgi creates a new "serial" file for every certificate issued. OpenSSL usually increments the value in that file when you issue a new certificate, so preserving either the file or its contents between runs should solve the problem.

I'm afraid I don't know enough about how the system is deployed to offer suggestions about where to do that, though.