Netscape NETSCAPE CONSOLE 6.0 - MANAGING SERVERS, Manual

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Starting Netscape Console and Logging In
Chapter 3 Using Netscape Console 47
The client certificates that Netscape Console presents to an instance of
Administration Server are stored in a copy of your Netscape Communicator
certificate database. Depending on which types of certificates the instance of
Administration Server is configured to accept, you may be able to use an existing
certificate from Communicator or you may need to request a new one. You must
use Communicator to request and install client certificates.
This section tells you how to do the following:
• Request and install a new client certificate
• Make your client certificate available to Netscape Console
• Establish a secure connection with an instance of Administration Server
For more information on configuring an instance of Administration Server to
require client authentication, see Chapter 10, “Using SSL and TLS with Netscape
Servers,” which begins on page 179.
To Request and Install a New Client Certificate
1.
Go to the web site for a certificate authority (CA) that is trusted by the instance
of Administration Server that you want to establish a secure connection with.
2.
Follow the CA’s instructions to request and install a client certificate.
To Make Your Client Certificate Available to Netscape Console on
UNIX
1.
From the system prompt, go to the
.netscape
subdirectory of your home
directory. For example,
/u/bjensen/.netscape
.
2.
Copy the
key3.db
,
cert7.db
, and
secmodule.db
files to the
.mcc
subdirectory
of your home directory.
These are the certificate database files that Netscape Console uses during client
authentication. These files are only used by Netscape Console. Administration
Server creates and uses its own certificate database files.
NOTE If you already have a client certificate that is acceptable to the
instance of Administration Server that you want to log in to, you do
not need to request and install a new certificate.