winhttpcertcfg giving access to IIS user in Windows 7

Question

I need to give access to the IIS user to a pfx certificate. The website is running under the App Pool under some user AppPoolUser. IIS automatically has the user name \"IIS

Answer 1

When you install the application is also adds the documentation:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools

The following examples show some of the ways in which the configuration tool can be used.

This command lists accounts that have access to the private key for the "MyCertificate" certificate in the "Root" certificate store of the LOCAL_MACHINE branch of the registry.

winhttpcertcfg -l -c LOCAL_MACHINE\Root -s MyCertificate

This command grants access to the private key of the "MyCertificate" certificate in the "My" certificate store for the TESTUSER account.

winhttpcertcfg -g -c LOCAL_MACHINE\My -s MyCertificate -a TESTUSER

This command imports a certificate and private key from a PFX file and extends private key access to another account.

winhttpcertcfg -i PFXFile -c LOCAL_MACHINE\My -a IWAM_TESTMACHINE

This command removes access to the private key for the IWAM_TESTMACHINE account with the specified certificate.

winhttpcertcfg -r -c LOCAL_MACHINE\Root -s MyCertificate -a IWAM_TESTMACHINE