Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-06 Thread David Tiertant
This could be the release folder...I'll give it a try. Nelson B Bolyard wrote: David Tiertant wrote, On 2009-02-05 07:52: Interestingly enough, when I tried to include -d, signtool refused to do anything other than spit out its syntax help. The process runs when removing -d. It ends in an err

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-06 Thread David Tiertant
Nelson B Bolyard wrote: Does your software become part of the browser itself, and run in the browser as a browser extension or plug-in? Or are you merely trying to use the browser to download a file that will then be installed as a free-standing Windows application? It's not part of the brows

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-05 Thread Nelson B Bolyard
Thanks to David and Kyle for supplying information about InstallShield and its use of NSS for making Netscape Communicator compatible installers. David Tiertant wrote, On 2009-02-05 07:35: > Hi and thanks very much for the reply. Just to back things up a little > bit, I'll try to illustrate what

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-05 Thread Nelson B Bolyard
David Tiertant wrote, On 2009-02-05 07:52: > Interestingly enough, when I tried to include -d, signtool refused to do > anything other than spit out its syntax help. The process runs when > removing -d. It ends in an error (as you stated, probably related to > trust flags), but it runs. Could th

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-05 Thread David Tiertant
And now... http://david.tiertant.com/installshield/007.jpg This shows that I have to create the DBs using certutil -N -d . first or I get the security authorization error when attempting to create the certificate. So I delete the DBs, create new empty ones, then create a certificate using tru

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-05 Thread David Tiertant
Interestingly enough, when I tried to include -d, signtool refused to do anything other than spit out its syntax help. The process runs when removing -d. It ends in an error (as you stated, probably related to trust flags), but it runs. Could this be a bug in signtool? This is shown below. ht

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-05 Thread David Tiertant
Yes, this is a basic overview of the process for anyone interested in the problem. Thanks! Kyle Hamilton wrote: InstallShield is its own separate thing. Newer versions use the Microsoft Installer (MSI) capability, but it is still made by Acresso (spun off from Macrovision). http://kb.acres

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-05 Thread David Tiertant
Hi and thanks very much for the reply. Just to back things up a little bit, I'll try to illustrate what I would like to accomplish. I work for a software company and we typically distribute our software on CD media. The software is fairly specialized and only works when connected to a server, e

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-04 Thread Kyle Hamilton
InstallShield is its own separate thing. Newer versions use the Microsoft Installer (MSI) capability, but it is still made by Acresso (spun off from Macrovision). http://kb.acresso.com/doc/DocumentRepository/Installation/InstallShield/InstallShield%202009%20Express/01_Public/Product%20Manual/Inst

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-04 Thread Nelson B Bolyard
David Tiertant wrote, On 2009-02-03 08:48 PST: > I'm working in InstallShield to create a web installer for one of our > software packages. The installer for IE builds fine, but Firefox > requires a Netscape certificate. InstallShield is supposed to build this > automatically, but something is

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-03 Thread David Tiertant
David Tiertant wrote: Howdy, I'm working in InstallShield to create a web installer for one of our software packages. The installer for IE builds fine, but Firefox requires a Netscape certificate. InstallShield is supposed to build this automatically, but something is wrong with my settings a

Re: newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-03 Thread David Tiertant
Still not signing correctly. :( David Tiertant wrote: David Tiertant wrote: Howdy, I'm working in InstallShield to create a web installer for one of our software packages. The installer for IE builds fine, but Firefox requires a Netscape certificate. InstallShield is supposed to build this

newbie problems with certutil and signtool

2009-02-03 Thread David Tiertant
Howdy, I'm working in InstallShield to create a web installer for one of our software packages. The installer for IE builds fine, but Firefox requires a Netscape certificate. InstallShield is supposed to build this automatically, but something is wrong with my settings and I'm having some dif