Verify Signature

To verify the signature of a signed archive (.car) file in ColdFusion, follow these steps:

 

  1. In ColdFusion Administrator, click Tools>Archive Security. The Certificate tab on the Archive Security page appears.

  2. Click the Verify Signature tab. The Verify a Digital Signature page appears.

  3. In the Verify a Digital Signature page, provide the following information:
     

    Option

    Description

    CAR File to Verify

    Enter the path to locate the signed CAR file. Alternately, you can click the Browse Server button to locate this file on your system.

    Verify signature as specific user

    UNIX only option.  If you are a UNIX user you can select this option if you want the "verify signature process" to run as a privileged user. When you select this option, two more text boxes appear.  One for user name and one for password. Enter any system account name in the User name text box and the corresponding account password in the Password text box. Note that the user name and password must match the existing user name and password for this system then the archive verify signature process will run as that user. If the user name and password do not match the existing user name and password for this system account the verify signature procedure will fail.

    Certificate

    Click the drop down list box to select the name of the certificate that you want to use to verify the signature of the signed CAR file.

 

  1. Click Verify to verify the signature of the signed CAR file.

 

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