>From: Adam Hardy <ahardy.struts@(protected)>
>
>On 10/11/2003 11:12 PM Sonny Sukumar wrote:
>>
>>Hi Adam,
>>
>>Your first step was:
>>
>>># keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA
>>
>>
>>and your last step was:
>>
>>># keytool -import trustcacerts -file public.crt -alias tomcat
>>
>>
>>So you used the same alias ("tomcat") for both the private key and the
>>signed public key. This is what doesn't work for me, because when I
>>import the signed public key using the same ("tomcat") alias, my private
>>key gets overwritten. I've verified this using "keytool list -keystore
>>./.keystore"
>>
>>I also have the root cert from GeoTrust in there with alias "root". The
>>root cert is actually an Equifax cert valid from 1998 to 2018, but the
>>GeoTrust tech support rep told me to use that one. Could this be the
>>problem?
>>
>>Other ideas?
>
>Sorry, but I've no real experience with this myself. You've lost me there
>on the root alias. I was hoping someone else might jump in with some advice
>for you. Did you check the rest of the thread in the list archive?
>
>Adam

No worries Adam, I solved the problem after all. keytool just lists the
certs in a somewhat confusing way by default...so I thought my signed
imported cert overwrote my private key when it really didn't, but was
bundled with it under the same alias instead.

Thanks for your help,

Sonny

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