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SSL initialization failed: error -8174 (security library: bad database.)

Valid on Windows and UNIX Systems

Symptom:

When I run smldapsetup ldmod -fpstore -ssl1 -c/app/siteminder/ssl/cert7.db for policy stores that are using an SSL-encrypted connection to Sun Java System Directory Server, I receive the following error message:

"SSL initialization failed: error -8174 (security library: bad database.)"

Solution:

1. Make sure the key3.db file exists in the same directory as cert7.db for the Netscape Web browser.
2. Rerun this smldapsetup command, and, for the -c option, specify the path of the directory where the SSL client certificate database file, cert7.db, exists.

   Example: if cert7.db exists in /app/siteminder/ssl, specify -c/app/siteminder/ssl/cert7.db