[AG-TECH]X509 CN, VenueServer configfile and profile, PII

[Thomas D. Uram]

West Suhanic wrote:
>>>1)What is the relationship between the CN embedded in the X509
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> certificate
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>>>and the user ID running the VenueClient. I have had cases where if the
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> two
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>>>differ I get an authorization failure when trying to get into the
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> VenueServer.
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>>Each user has a certificate repository, and within that repo a default
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> certificate that is
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>>used for running the venue client and other AG software.  I'm not sure
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> what you mean when
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>>you say 'if the two differ'.  Can you clarify?
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> 
> Hi Thomas:
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> To clarify, suppose the CN in the certificate is set to West Suhanic but the
> user ID that I am
> logged in as is wsuhanic. I have received authorization failures when trying
> to connect to a VenueServer
> via a VenueClient with the CN=West Suhanic but the login ID set to wsuhanic.
> The only remedy was to
> set the CN to wsuhanic .

The only dependency I can imagine in this case is that you changed authorization to allow 
actions for 'CN=wsuhanic', but not for 'CN=West Suhanic'.  You should check that in the 
venue server authorization.

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> 
>>>2)How does one create a configfile for the VenueServer? Could I please
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> have
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>>>an example configfile.
>>>(I would like to create it without using an interface. Editing it with
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> vi is
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>>>preferable.)
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>>The VenueServer will create a config file with defaults when it runs.
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> Most of the options
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>>are configurable using the VenueManagement application.  You can certainly
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> edit with vi if
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>>you like, but you run the risk of invalidating the config file.
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> 
> Can you please tell me where I can find the VenueServer config file.


VenueServer.py creates VenueServer.cfg and VenueServer.dat in the current directory.


> 
> best regards,
> 
> west
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>