On 2012/02/24 07:26 PDT, VictorMiller wrote:
> 
> I have a new PKI certificate as a .p12 file which I want to import
> into firefox and thunderbird on a RedHat system.  However, every time
> I try an import I get the above error message.  If I log onto an MS
> Windows machine I can get IE to import it without a problem.  I've
> tried all sorts of things, such as moving all of my .db files
> in .thunderbird out of the way, and letting thunderbird create new
> ones.  I've even tried moving my whole .thunderbird directory out of
> the way.  Nothing works.   Here's a strange thing -- even if I
> deliberately give the wrong password for the encrypted .p12 file I
> still get the same stupid error message.  Any suggestions as to how to
> debug this?

My guess is that your .p12 file has no "friendly name" in it.  The utility
program pk12util can confirm or refute this.  If that's it, the solution is
to create a new .p12 file with the same certs/keys and a printable ASCII
friendly name.


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