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Root certificate authority no longer added to client machines NothingtoSay? 07-14-2006
Posted by NothingtoSay? on July 14, 2006, 4:05 pm
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Hi all,

Our PKI is based on 2003 and using an offline root and issuing CAs.
All worked fine but about a month a go it developed a slight issue.

Whilst i can see the offline root cert is in AD under the correct node
(looking through adsiedit) and it is still valid (10yr validity)
when i add a new computer to the domain it does not get the root cert
added to the client pcs trusted store.

my two thoughts are to
1. republish the same certificate using certutil -dspublish
2. to use the thority gpo setting on the domain policy

Any comments ?
or better suggestions
Jonathan


Posted by S. Pidgorny on July 16, 2006, 7:45 am
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I'd try both 1 and 2 - one will work for sure.

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

> Hi all,
>
> Our PKI is based on 2003 and using an offline root and issuing CAs.
> All worked fine but about a month a go it developed a slight issue.
>
> Whilst i can see the offline root cert is in AD under the correct node
> (looking through adsiedit) and it is still valid (10yr validity)
> when i add a new computer to the domain it does not get the root cert
> added to the client pcs trusted store.
>
> my two thoughts are to
> 1. republish the same certificate using certutil -dspublish
> 2. to use the thority gpo setting on the domain policy
>
> Any comments ?
> or better suggestions
> Jonathan
>



Posted by StuartH on December 14, 2006, 6:20 am
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Did either of these work Jonathan?

The reason I ask is, funny enough, we have the same issue. I have read as
many articles/KB that I can and would like some clarification if anyone can,
PLEASE!!.

We have a standalone RootCA, with Enterprise issuing CAs. We have ran
DSpublish for the RootCA into the AD, but clients do not get entries added to
their trusted store. From what I understand, and read many times is things
like "When you install an enterprise root CA or a stand-alone root CA, the
certificate of the CA is added automatically to the Trusted Root
Certification Authorities Group Policy for the domain.". Well, if this is a
standalone Root, how the heck does it put it into a GPO ? Another article
states, that if the client is a domain member, then they will automatically
receive the CAs in the trusted store....but negates to say how.

So...in a complete Microsoft world (RootCA, SubEntCAs and clients)...how
does the trusted store get populated on a client ? Do you need a GPO or not ?
Thanks

Stuart

"S. Pidgorny <MVP>" wrote:

> I'd try both 1 and 2 - one will work for sure.
>
> --
> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
> -= F1 is the key =-
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Our PKI is based on 2003 and using an offline root and issuing CAs.
> > All worked fine but about a month a go it developed a slight issue.
> >
> > Whilst i can see the offline root cert is in AD under the correct node
> > (looking through adsiedit) and it is still valid (10yr validity)
> > when i add a new computer to the domain it does not get the root cert
> > added to the client pcs trusted store.
> >
> > my two thoughts are to
> > 1. republish the same certificate using certutil -dspublish
> > 2. to use the thority gpo setting on the domain policy
> >
> > Any comments ?
> > or better suggestions
> > Jonathan
> >
>
>
>

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