[Mono-list] Configuring the location of the data protection user key store

[dnapierski]

Sebastien,
Yes, this worked.  Thank you.  I had the wrong variable name.
Dan



Sebastien Pouliot-2 wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 11:11 -0800, dnapierski wrote:
>> How can I configure the location of the user key store when used by the
>> data
>> protection mechanism in mono 2.4 (running apache with mod_mono)?  I
>> believe
>> that the KeyPairPersistence class is making use of
>> Environment.GetFolderPath
>> (Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) so I tried setting the
>> following
>> in my httpd.conf, but it had no impact.
>> 
>>     SetEnv XDG_CONFIG_DIR /tmp/mono/.config
> 
> Try XDG_CONFIG_HOME
> as specified in
> http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ar01s03.html
> 
> Sebastien
> 
>> 
>> Instead, mono is still trying to create the user key store in
>> '/sbin/.config/.mono/keypairs'
>> Thanks
>> Dan Napierski
>> 
>> NOTE: I deleted an earlier version of this message b/c the thread got
>> taken
>> over by another discussion.
>> 
>> Data protection failed.
>>   at System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData.Protect (System.Byte[]
>> userData, System.Byte[] optionalEntropy, DataProtectionScope scope)
>> [0x00053] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/System.Security/System.Security.Cryptography/ProtectedData.cs:65
>> Could not create user key store '/sbin/.config/.mono/keypairs'.
>> 
>>   at Mono.Security.Cryptography.KeyPairPersistence.get_UserPath ()
>> [0x00090]
>> in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/Mono.Security.Cryptography/KeyPairPersistence.cs:224
>>   at Mono.Security.Cryptography.KeyPairPersistence.get_Filename ()
>> [0x0007b]
>> in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/Mono.Security.Cryptography/KeyPairPersistence.cs:141
>>   at Mono.Security.Cryptography.KeyPairPersistence.Load () [0x00000] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/Mono.Security.Cryptography/KeyPairPersistence.cs:167
>>   at System.Security.Cryptography.RSACryptoServiceProvider.Common (Int32
>> dwKeySize, System.Security.Cryptography.CspParameters p) [0x000a3] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.Security.Cryptography/RSACryptoServiceProvider.cs:110
>>   at System.Security.Cryptography.RSACryptoServiceProvider..ctor (Int32
>> dwKeySize, System.Security.Cryptography.CspParameters parameters)
>> [0x0000d]
>> in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.Security.Cryptography/RSACryptoServiceProvider.cs:84
>>   at Mono.Security.Cryptography.ManagedProtection.GetKey
>> (DataProtectionScope scope) [0x0002f] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/System.Security/Mono.Security.Cryptography/ManagedProtection.cs:254
>>   at Mono.Security.Cryptography.ManagedProtection.Protect (System.Byte[]
>> userData, System.Byte[] optionalEntropy, DataProtectionScope scope)
>> [0x00156] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/System.Security/Mono.Security.Cryptography/ManagedProtection.cs:106
>>   at System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData.Protect (System.Byte[]
>> userData, System.Byte[] optionalEntropy, DataProtectionScope scope)
>> [0x00033] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/System.Security/System.Security.Cryptography/ProtectedData.cs:61
>> : Access to the path "/sbin/.config" is denied.
>>   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectoriesInternal (System.String path)
>> [0x0006e] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.IO/Directory.cs:130
>>   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory (System.String path) [0x0009a]
>> in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.IO/Directory.cs:92
>>   at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.Create () [0x00000] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.IO/DirectoryInfo.cs:141
>>   at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.IO.DirectoryInfo:Create
>> ()
>>   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectoriesInternal (System.String path)
>> [0x00039] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.IO/Directory.cs:111
>>   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory (System.String path) [0x0009a]
>> in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.IO/Directory.cs:92
>>   at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.Create () [0x00000] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.IO/DirectoryInfo.cs:141
>>   at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.IO.DirectoryInfo:Create
>> ()
>>   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectoriesInternal (System.String path)
>> [0x00039] in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.IO/Directory.cs:111
>>   at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory (System.String path) [0x0009a]
>> in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/System.IO/Directory.cs:92
>>   at Mono.Security.Cryptography.KeyPairPersistence.get_UserPath ()
>> [0x00063]
>> in
>> /tmp/rmake/builds/mono/mono-2.4.2.3/mcs/class/corlib/Mono.Security.Cryptography/KeyPairPersistence.cs:218
>> 
>> 
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