Self Signing Panel - P12 generation failed

[kwfranz94841]

Has anyone encountered this "Error - certificate request could not be generated. P12 generation failed" when trying to self-sign a panel? I'm on Mac High Sierra. Thanks all!

[Ten A]

Your post moved from Photoshop Scripting to Extensions / Add-ons Development.

[Davide_Barranca]

Does the error fire when you generate the self signing certificate, or when using the certificate to sign the panel?

[kwfranz94841]

Hi Davide, and thank you for responding! The error occurs when generating the certificate.

[Davide_Barranca]

Hi,

can you please post the line you're using to generate the cert?

[kwfranz94841]

Hi Davide! So this is the line I'm using.

./ZXPSignCmd -selfSignedCert USA NY OOMDO "Kyle Franzen" oomdorocks selfKF.p12

The ZXPSignCmd is in a folder called "SMARTBOARDS", which is on my desktop. When I fire Terminal I cd(space) and then drag that folder into terminal. This is the error I've been getting most recently, which is different than the error I posted to the thread with.

Thanks again!

[Davide_Barranca · Accepted solution]

Try:

./ZXPSignCmd -selfSignedCert US NY OOMDO "Kyle Franzen" oomdorocks selfKF.p12

Apparently, ZXPSignCmd doesn't really like "USA" but wants "US" instead!

Davide

[kwfranz94841]

Haha, thank you Davide!

[Trevor:]

Good one Davide!

Do you know if there's any problems caused by signing form another country.

Can you sign with US from Italy?

[Davide_Barranca]

Hi Trevor,

I think you can. A self-signed cert is sort of an auto-declaration, so I could affirm: I'm Davide from, say, Brazil, who cares if this is true or not.

Conversely, when I use my paid certificate (I have one, that I need in order to sign Windows .exe installers), then I'm Davide from Italy, as Comodo (the cert authority) knows.

But being verified as "Davide from Italy", I'd say I'm allowed to use my "seal" everywhere I happen to be. Otherwise it would be like "please sir, sign here this form, oh-oh, you're in the US, your signature isn't valid anymore!" 🙂