Hi Rob, thanks for the reply. I've clarified inline:

On 7/10/06, Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com> wrote:
Brian Jones wrote:

> 3. Is it true that I cannot reuse a signed server certificate in a newly
> created database, even if the new database has the same root ca
> installed as
> the old one? I need to generate a request every time I run certutil -N?

The signed certificate is only half of what you need. You also need the
private key. Without more information on what you're trying to do I
can't really make a recommendation.


Right, I know I need the root ca and the server cert (signed by said root ca) both installed in the db. What I'm doing is this:

I have /opt/fedora-ds/alias set up as a symlink to alias-test1, alias-test2, etc. I have a couple of these directories around for... um.... testing :)  

What I want to confirm is whether or not I can use, for example, the cert request I generated (using certutil -R) for the db files in alias-test1 for the new db files created in alias-test2.


Thanks for the input.
brian.