[BlueOnyx:03286] Re: admserv cert

[Rod Morgan]

>Hi Rod,

>>  I screwed up.  On my development box I thought I'd replace the
>>  self-signed cert with one from ca-cert.  I made a couple mistakes
>>  including requiring a pass-phrase (don't ever do that!).  I'd like to
>>  simply use the command line to regenerate and install a self-signed cert
>>  for the admserv process.  Since that process occurs in the install, I'm
>>  hoping Michael or one of you other wizards can provide the steps.

>I just looked it up and I'd say you can fix it this way:

>First delete the miscreated cert:

>rm /etc/admserv/certs/certificate

>Then run this command ... and yes, it goes all into a single line:

>/usr/bin/openssl genrsa -rand /proc/apm:/proc/cpuinfo:/proc/dma:/proc/filesystems:/proc/interrupts:/proc/ioports:/proc/pci:/proc/rtc:/proc/uptime
1024>  /etc/admserv/certs/key 2>  /dev/null

>Then restart AdmServ for good measure and see if it works again:

>/etc/init.d/admserv restart

>With best regards

>Michael Stauber

Some progress, this command created a new key...but not the certificate.  'admserv restart' errors with a 'missing certificate file' as expected.

And thanks for the fast response!

Rod