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Jon
Jon

Reputation: 703

Self-signed certificate - unable to open certificate

I need a self-signed certificate to create a ClickOnce application in C++. I'm a real novice at deployment, so I'm following Stack Overflow question How to create a self signed certificate.

Here's the command sequence I've used

makecert -r -pe -n "CN=Watersteward" -ss CA -sr CurrentUser -sky signature -sv WaterSteward.pvk WaterSteward.cer
makecert -pe -n "CN=Watersteward" -sky signature -ic WaterSteward.cer -iv WaterSteward.pvk -sv WsSPC.pvk WsSPC.cer
pvk2pfx -pvk WsSPC.pvk -spc WsSPC.cer -pfx WsSPC.pfx
mage -s Alpine.exe.manifest -CertFile WsSPC.pfx

The last command to sign the manifest fails with the message:

Unable to open certificate "WsSPC.pfx": The specified network password is not correct.

I added WaterSteward.cer to the Trusted Root Certificate Authorities after creation and before going on to the next step.

During each step above, a dialog popped up asking for a password. In each case I clicked None (I've also tried it with -n "CN=mydomain\mylogin" and giving my password in the dialogs).

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2281

Answers (2)

Coffe Cold
Coffe Cold

Reputation: 285

This blog helped me a lot : How to create certificates for development

  • Instead of providing no password I provided a password in each prompt.
  • I created the certificate and its private key on the hard drive (second option mentioned in the blog)

The last step in signing the manifest - which is not mentioned in the blog - was straightforward: in your case

mage -s Alpine.exe.manifest -CertFile WsSPC.pfx

Upvotes: 0

RobinDotNet
RobinDotNet

Reputation: 11877

I would just run Visual Studio, go to the project properties, go to the Signing tab, and click Create Test Certificate. Be sure to check the box to sign the application, and to go to Security and turn on the ClickOnce security settings.

Upvotes: 1

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