crt certificate not appearing in menu for selection
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I'm trying to set up the VPN for my university on my laptop. I have downloaded to certificate file and put it in ~/misc/cacert.crt. When I try to set up the VPN, I click on the CA Certificate option and navigate to ~/misc/ in the selection menu. The certificate does not appear there. The folder appears empty. I tried adding a new version of the file that is named differently, also doesn't appear in the menu. I can double click on the file in nautilus and it brings up a little box with the details of the certificate, so there's nothing wrong with the file.
Any idea what's causing this bizarre problem?
I've found something out. If I do file cacert.crt I get data whereas if I do file on a .crt certificate that does show up (which I found in /etc/ssl/certs/) then I get PEM certificate. So presumably having .crt is not enough and the VPN setup wants file to return a valid certificate type? How do I change this?
grep 'crt' /etc/mime.types gives me application/x-x509-ca-cert which, as I understand it, should mean that *.crt files are recognised as certificates. So why is my cacert.crt only appearing as data?
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I'm trying to set up the VPN for my university on my laptop. I have downloaded to certificate file and put it in ~/misc/cacert.crt. When I try to set up the VPN, I click on the CA Certificate option and navigate to ~/misc/ in the selection menu. The certificate does not appear there. The folder appears empty. I tried adding a new version of the file that is named differently, also doesn't appear in the menu. I can double click on the file in nautilus and it brings up a little box with the details of the certificate, so there's nothing wrong with the file.
Any idea what's causing this bizarre problem?
I've found something out. If I do file cacert.crt I get data whereas if I do file on a .crt certificate that does show up (which I found in /etc/ssl/certs/) then I get PEM certificate. So presumably having .crt is not enough and the VPN setup wants file to return a valid certificate type? How do I change this?
grep 'crt' /etc/mime.types gives me application/x-x509-ca-cert which, as I understand it, should mean that *.crt files are recognised as certificates. So why is my cacert.crt only appearing as data?
vpn openvpn certificates
asked Jan 15 '13 at 12:42
Seamus
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My answer here might be helpful.
– user76204
Jan 15 '13 at 18:03
That doesn't seem to have helped. I've put copies of the file in a number of different directories and runupdate-ca-certificatesbut with no luck. The file just doesn't show up in the selection menu.
– Seamus
Jan 16 '13 at 13:00
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I'm trying to set up the VPN for my university on my laptop. I have downloaded to certificate file and put it in ~/misc/cacert.crt. When I try to set up the VPN, I click on the CA Certificate option and navigate to ~/misc/ in the selection menu. The certificate does not appear there. The folder appears empty. I tried adding a new version of the file that is named differently, also doesn't appear in the menu. I can double click on the file in nautilus and it brings up a little box with the details of the certificate, so there's nothing wrong with the file.
Any idea what's causing this bizarre problem?
I've found something out. If I do file cacert.crt I get data whereas if I do file on a .crt certificate that does show up (which I found in /etc/ssl/certs/) then I get PEM certificate. So presumably having .crt is not enough and the VPN setup wants file to return a valid certificate type? How do I change this?
grep 'crt' /etc/mime.types gives me application/x-x509-ca-cert which, as I understand it, should mean that *.crt files are recognised as certificates. So why is my cacert.crt only appearing as data?
vpn openvpn certificates
asked Jan 15 '13 at 12:42
Seamus
461427
I'm trying to set up the VPN for my university on my laptop. I have downloaded to certificate file and put it in ~/misc/cacert.crt. When I try to set up the VPN, I click on the CA Certificate option and navigate to ~/misc/ in the selection menu. The certificate does not appear there. The folder appears empty. I tried adding a new version of the file that is named differently, also doesn't appear in the menu. I can double click on the file in nautilus and it brings up a little box with the details of the certificate, so there's nothing wrong with the file.
Any idea what's causing this bizarre problem?
I've found something out. If I do file cacert.crt I get data whereas if I do file on a .crt certificate that does show up (which I found in /etc/ssl/certs/) then I get PEM certificate. So presumably having .crt is not enough and the VPN setup wants file to return a valid certificate type? How do I change this?
grep 'crt' /etc/mime.types gives me application/x-x509-ca-cert which, as I understand it, should mean that *.crt files are recognised as certificates. So why is my cacert.crt only appearing as data?
vpn openvpn certificates
vpn openvpn certificates
asked Jan 15 '13 at 12:42
Seamus
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asked Jan 15 '13 at 12:42
Seamus
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edited Jan 16 '13 at 13:25
asked Jan 15 '13 at 12:42
Seamus
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asked Jan 15 '13 at 12:42
Seamus
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asked Jan 15 '13 at 12:42
Seamus
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My answer here might be helpful.
– user76204
Jan 15 '13 at 18:03
That doesn't seem to have helped. I've put copies of the file in a number of different directories and runupdate-ca-certificatesbut with no luck. The file just doesn't show up in the selection menu.
– Seamus
Jan 16 '13 at 13:00
add a comment |
1
My answer here might be helpful.
– user76204
Jan 15 '13 at 18:03
That doesn't seem to have helped. I've put copies of the file in a number of different directories and runupdate-ca-certificatesbut with no luck. The file just doesn't show up in the selection menu.
– Seamus
Jan 16 '13 at 13:00
1
1
My answer here might be helpful.
– user76204
Jan 15 '13 at 18:03
My answer here might be helpful.
– user76204
Jan 15 '13 at 18:03
That doesn't seem to have helped. I've put copies of the file in a number of different directories and run
update-ca-certificates but with no luck. The file just doesn't show up in the selection menu.– Seamus
Jan 16 '13 at 13:00
That doesn't seem to have helped. I've put copies of the file in a number of different directories and run
update-ca-certificates but with no luck. The file just doesn't show up in the selection menu.– Seamus
Jan 16 '13 at 13:00
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It may be too late to help you, but I'm posting this here for future reference. I had the same problem. I ended up just typing the file name in the address at the top and it worked. Took me an hour to figure it out though.
answered Mar 12 '14 at 3:22
mmaluff
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I did not have a location field, but was able to work around this by:
- Click the CA cert box, right click the folder and click "open file with file manager"
- Cancel out of that but keep your file manager open
- Drag and drop the pem file to the CA cert box in the network config dialogue.
This was with bionic before official bionic release.
answered Apr 18 at 13:32
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2 Answers
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active
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active
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up vote
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It may be too late to help you, but I'm posting this here for future reference. I had the same problem. I ended up just typing the file name in the address at the top and it worked. Took me an hour to figure it out though.
answered Mar 12 '14 at 3:22
mmaluff
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It may be too late to help you, but I'm posting this here for future reference. I had the same problem. I ended up just typing the file name in the address at the top and it worked. Took me an hour to figure it out though.
answered Mar 12 '14 at 3:22
mmaluff
548510
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5
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accepted
up vote
5
down vote
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It may be too late to help you, but I'm posting this here for future reference. I had the same problem. I ended up just typing the file name in the address at the top and it worked. Took me an hour to figure it out though.
answered Mar 12 '14 at 3:22
mmaluff
548510
It may be too late to help you, but I'm posting this here for future reference. I had the same problem. I ended up just typing the file name in the address at the top and it worked. Took me an hour to figure it out though.
answered Mar 12 '14 at 3:22
mmaluff
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answered Mar 12 '14 at 3:22
mmaluff
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answered Mar 12 '14 at 3:22
mmaluff
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answered Mar 12 '14 at 3:22
mmaluff
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I did not have a location field, but was able to work around this by:
- Click the CA cert box, right click the folder and click "open file with file manager"
- Cancel out of that but keep your file manager open
- Drag and drop the pem file to the CA cert box in the network config dialogue.
This was with bionic before official bionic release.
answered Apr 18 at 13:32
Kyle Brandt
3571618
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
I did not have a location field, but was able to work around this by:
- Click the CA cert box, right click the folder and click "open file with file manager"
- Cancel out of that but keep your file manager open
- Drag and drop the pem file to the CA cert box in the network config dialogue.
This was with bionic before official bionic release.
answered Apr 18 at 13:32
Kyle Brandt
3571618
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I did not have a location field, but was able to work around this by:
- Click the CA cert box, right click the folder and click "open file with file manager"
- Cancel out of that but keep your file manager open
- Drag and drop the pem file to the CA cert box in the network config dialogue.
This was with bionic before official bionic release.
answered Apr 18 at 13:32
Kyle Brandt
3571618
I did not have a location field, but was able to work around this by:
- Click the CA cert box, right click the folder and click "open file with file manager"
- Cancel out of that but keep your file manager open
- Drag and drop the pem file to the CA cert box in the network config dialogue.
This was with bionic before official bionic release.
answered Apr 18 at 13:32
Kyle Brandt
3571618
answered Apr 18 at 13:32
Kyle Brandt
3571618
answered Apr 18 at 13:32
Kyle Brandt
3571618
answered Apr 18 at 13:32
Kyle Brandt
3571618
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My answer here might be helpful.
– user76204
Jan 15 '13 at 18:03
That doesn't seem to have helped. I've put copies of the file in a number of different directories and run
update-ca-certificatesbut with no luck. The file just doesn't show up in the selection menu.– Seamus
Jan 16 '13 at 13:00