[SOLVED] zmcertmgr: Subject does not start with '/'

[admin1]

I'm unable to create a CSR using the command:

/opt/zimbra/bin/zmcertmgr createcsr comm -new -subject "/C=US/ST=MA/L=Norwood/O="Town of Norwood"/OU="Computer Department"/CN=zcl.norwoodma.gov" -subjectAltNames zcl.norwoodma.gov


This is on a "singlenode" RHEL5 cluster

The complete error:

writing new private key to '/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.key'
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Subject does not start with '/'.
problems making Certificate Request

** Saving server config key zimbraSSLPrivateKey...done.
cp: cannot stat `/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.csr': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `/opt/zimbra/mailboxd/webapps/zimbraAdmin/tmp/current.csr': No such file or directory
chown: cannot access `/opt/zimbra/mailboxd/webapps/zimbraAdmin/tmp/current.csr': No such file or directory

I've read some forum posts regarding this problem but still no success.
Also, "/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.csr" is created and does exist

[phoenix]

How about this thread: [SOLVED] Unable to generate commercial CSR

[admin1]

Thank you phoenix for having me reread that! (I read it before but gave up before reaching what turned out to be the critical line (for me, at least)
" Remove the -subject to fix it." was the fix for me.
I feel stupid now but I'm happy.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by admin1

Thank you phoenix for having me reread that! (I read it before but gave up before reaching what turned out to be the critical line (for me, at least)
" Remove the -subject to fix it." was the fix for me.
I feel stupid now but I'm happy.

Don't worry, it happens to us all. Glad you've fixed it.