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c#ssl-certificatecer

Issue with create the subject certificate name

I want to create subject certificate name which contains "," like the image Example

but always fails because "," is used to separated the contain of -n parameter like “CA=CARoot,O=My Organization,OU=Dev,C=Denmark”

Anyone know how to add "," into certificate name? Much appreciate for your helping

Solution

  • In a Windows Command Prompt you can use a triple-double-quote to make a literal double quote in a quoted argument (from https://stackoverflow.com/a/15262019/6535399).

    The X500 name parser uses commas as separators unless it's in a quoted string. So you need the -n value to be interpreted as OU="Hey, there", ....

    So, you can do something like

    > makecert.exe (etc) -n "OU="""Hey, there""", O=Hmm, CN="""Hello, Nurse!""""

    or, to make the what-looks-like-a-quadruple-quote go away:

    > makecert.exe (etc) -n "OU="""Hey, there""", O=Hmm, CN="""Hello, Nurse!""", C=US"