Can't create a new Certificate Signing Request(CSR)?

Question

I am trying to test my app on my iOS device. To do so I ill need to create a Certificate Signing Request(CSR).

These are the steps I took:

Open Keychain Access in the Utilities folder.
On the drop down menu clicked Keychain Access → Certificate assistant → Request a Certificate from a Certificate Authority
Entered my apple id email address and my name
ticked Save to disk
Clicked continue
Save the CSR on desktop

Then the error:

The specified keychain is not a valid keychain file

I have tried the search engine for answers and I had no luck! Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '13 at 13:27

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I have solved this question! Here are the steps:

Go to your terminal and type in:

ls -l ~/Library/

This will make sure that the permissions on the keychain folder are correct.

privs on the Keychains folder should be

drwxr-xr-x

If it is not drwxr-xr-x then follow these steps:

This solved my problem! :)

answered Feb 12 '13 at 13:27

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What dropdown? I don't see any options for keychain first aid – CalZone Oct 14 '18 at 06:37
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@CalZone This answer was from 2013. Its been 5 years..? – Ty Lertwichaiworawit Oct 14 '18 at 06:41
So what? Even in 2021 I'm looking this up. – LinusGeffarth Jun 14 '21 at 15:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '20 at 16:24

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You need to launch Keychain Access located in /Applications/Utilities directly. I did it and it worked for me :)

answered Apr 28 '20 at 16:24

David

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