Mozilla "certutil -N" - Create New cert8.db File
Q
How to create a new "cert8.db" file using Mozilla "certutil" tool?
✍: FYIcenter.com
A
If you want to create a new "cert8.db" file to store certificates and private keys, you can use the Mozilla "certutil -N" command as shown in this tutorial:
C:\fyicerter>\fyicerter\nss\bin\certutil -N -d .\ Enter a password which will be used to encrypt your keys. The password should be at least 8 characters long, and should contain at least one non-alphabetic character. Enter new password: FYIcenter Re-enter password: FYIcenter C:\fyicerter>dir *.db 07/04/2012 07:51 PM 65,536 cert8.db 07/04/2012 07:51 PM 16,384 key3.db 07/04/2012 07:50 PM 16,384 secmod.db
What you are getting from this tutorial:
- "-N" option creates a new certificate database.
- "-d .\" specifies the directory where the database will be created.
- "FYIcenter" is the password used to protect the database files.
- "cert8.db, key3.db, secmod.db" are files created by the "certutil -N" command to store certificates.
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