Netscape NETSCAPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.5, Installation And Setup Manual

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Stage 3. Enrolling for Administrator/Agent Certificate
Chapter 6 Installing Certificate Management System 275
22.
Proceed to the next step, “Stage 3. Enrolling for Administrator/Agent
Certificate” on page 275, to create an agent user for the Online Certificate Status
Manager.
Stage 3. Enrolling for Administrator/Agent
Certificate
Immediately after installing any CMS instance, the administrator must enroll for
the initial administrator/agent certificate. This is the first user (agent) certificate
that Certificate Management System issues.
The initial user is both an administrator and an agent. This person can create
additional agents with the appropriate user privileges and issue them certificates.
Since there is no agent yet to approve the request, a special enrollment form allows
you to get this first certificate automatically.
Follow the appropriate procedure for the subsystem you installed:
• Agent Certificate for a Certificate Manager
• Agent Certificate for Other CMS Managers
For more information about setting up and managing agents, see “Agents” on
page 387.
Agent Certificate for a Certificate Manager
If the CMS instance you installed contains a Certificate Manager, a special
enrollment form, Administrator/Agent Certificate Enrollment Form, allows you to
get this first certificate automatically. After you submit this initial form, it is
automatically disabled, so that no one else can acquire a certificate without agent
approval or some form of automated authentication. The system automatically
adds the initial user to the list of agents.
To enroll for the first agent certificate, you should be working at the computer you
intend to use as the agent, so that the new certificate will be installed in the browser
you will be using to access the Agent Services pages. Follow these steps:
1.
Open a web browser window.