Error using Setkey in IIS 4
From: Bruce Lautenschlager (brucel@pobox.com)
Date: 11/27/02
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From: "Bruce Lautenschlager" <brucel@pobox.com> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:37:58 -0500
I run a couple of different IIS 4 and 5 servers here at
work. I needed to install a Verisign certificate on 2 of the
IIS 4 servers. No big deal, I do that all the time. One went
without issue. The other (NT 4 Server SP6A) won't run Key
Manager from the management console. It gives an error
message "IIS WWW Configuration - The system cannot find the
file specified".
So I resort to using Keygen and Setkey from the command
line. Good old command line stuff, just like the old days.
I generate a request with Keygen without issue (really!).
But I can't seem to import the certificate that comes back
using Setkey. The parameters seem really simple (and I
import Verisign certs to IIS and Domino servers all the
time - so I know how to copy and paste the cert- no trailing
characters, etc.) but I receive an error message trying to
use it. I use the command:
setkey password privkey.txt newcert.cer www.mydomain.com
and I get the error message:
Keycheck failed with error 0x80090308
Failed to set the keys in the registry
I tried specifying paths for the key and certificate - same
message. I tried reapplying SP6A and other IIS patches. I
was hoping that would fix the Management Console issue,
really, not the command line issue. But it didn't. I
wouldn't like to reinstall IIS - this has been a perfectly
stable server, so I hate to start dorking with it.
I should mention that this server was struck by the Nimda
virus waaaaaay back in the first couple days of that virus
(and yes, I have a site license from Network Associates for
Virus Scan, but the virus hit 8 hours before the update was
available). I cleaned it using McAfee Virus Scan, but it's
never really been the same. I can't edit HTML files on it
with anything but Notepad, for example. I had to reinstall
IE to get it to work. But the IIS part chugs along. And
since it only hosts my GroupWise Webaccess piece (just the
.exe, a truly light load), I have let it be.
I have poured over the forums for hours and I have seen 2
other posts with this same message, one from 1997 and one
from 1999. But no one offered (or posted their) solutions.
Any help would be *greatly* appreciated - else I guess I
resort to reinstalling IIS and go from there.
Bruce Lautenschlager
Technical Analyst, MCSE
Bethesda Healthcare System
Boynton Beach, FL
brucel@spamless.pobox.com
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