I followed the instructions in this document, but I cannot create a certificate signing request (CSR). When I go to ssl-certificates.jsp and update the issuer information at ssl-signing-request.jsp, a CSR is not generated. I noticed this error in stderr.log right after I tried to update the information:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: badly formated directory string
The complete error is shown below.
I’m getting this error in Openfire 3.3.3 and 3.3.1 on two different servers.
Thanks in advance.
–df
Here is the complete error:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: badly formated directory string
at org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.X509Name.(Unknown Source)
at org.jivesoftware.util.CertificateManager.createX509V3Certificate(CertificateMan ager.java:760)
at org.jivesoftware.util.CertificateManager.createRSACert(CertificateManager.java: 121)
at org.jivesoftware.openfire.admin.ssl_002dsigning_002drequest_jsp._jspService(ssl _002dsigning_002drequest_jsp.java:121)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:491)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1074)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:11 8)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)
at org.jivesoftware.util.LocaleFilter.doFilter(LocaleFilter.java:65)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)
at org.jivesoftware.util.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingF ilter.java:41)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)
at org.jivesoftware.admin.PluginFilter.doFilter(PluginFilter.java:69)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)
at org.jivesoftware.admin.AuthCheckFilter.doFilter(AuthCheckFilter.java:98)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:365)
at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:185)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:689)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:391)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollect ion.java:146)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:139)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:285)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:457)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:765 )
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:627)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:203)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:357)
at org.mortbay.jetty.bio.SocketConnector$Connection.run(SocketConnector.java:217)
at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:475)