Environment
Novell eDirectory
Novell Certificate Server (PKIS)
Situation
-1418 & -603 Errors during the creation of Server Certificates
ERROR: "Step 6 failed -603"
Pkidiag reports error -1418
"ndsconfig upgrade" reports error -1418
iManager & ConsoleOne reports error -1418 & error - 603 while creating server certificates
Pkidiag reports error -1418
"ndsconfig upgrade" reports error -1418
iManager & ConsoleOne reports error -1418 & error - 603 while creating server certificates
Resolution
- Remove and recreate the CA(Certificate Authority) object using iManager or ConsoleOne. Please follow the steps in the following link to recreate the CA object. https://support.novell.com/docs/Tids/Solutions/10089041.html for "How to upgrade the Organizational Certificate Authority (CA)".
- Run pkidiag on NetWare or "ndsconfig upgrade " on Linux or use iManager or ConsoleOne to recreate the server certificates
Refer to the following link to recreate the Certificates if needed
http://https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=3392944&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=36458924&stateId=1 0 36456798
Additional Information
Notes:
Error -1418 can occur in two scenarios. While working on Universal Password issues, error -1418 indicates a Tree-Key corruption or NICI file system corruption. Error -1418 error during the creation of server certificates indicates corruption of Certificate Authority(CA) object.