Running the GUI PStore Tool Opening and Closing the Protected Store Opening Protected Store from a File

Figure 57. Open Protected Store from a File Closing Protected Store To close the protected store, select Close from the PStore menu.

8.2.3. Open Next Protected Store

In some cases you need to work with more than one protected store at the same time. Typically you want to copy certificates from one protected store to another. To open another protected store, select the New Window from the PStore menu. New windows appear. Now you can open the protected store from a file.

8.2.4. Copy Data Between Protected Stores

With the PStore Tool, you can manipulate more than one protected store at the same time. You can simply copy identities, certificates, users, and user properties from one protected store to another using the Copy and Paste actions located in context menus of the Aliases, Users, and Properties panels. Note When you copy data from one area to another, the Paste action is disabled for some categories of data. This means that data may be copied, but cannot be pasted to the selected area. For example, the password property from the user store cannot be pasted to the key store. 8.2.5. Key Store To work with the key store, select the Key Store tab. This tab has two panels. The left side has a list of all entries. The right has detailed information for the selected entry. Page 380 8.2.5. Key Store Figure 58. Key Store Tab Create New Identity To create a new identity, select New Identity... from the Key Store menu. This opens a dialog for information such as Alias, Distinguished Name, and Password. The Distinguished Name is not mandatory. If the specified information is valid, the new identity will be added to the key store with the specified Alias. Otherwise an error dialog will be returned. Key Store Trust If you want to trust a key entry, select Trust from the Key Store menu. This action is available only for the key entry type. Import Alias To import a certificate from a file into the key store, select Import Alias from the Key Store menu. This opens a dialog in which you can specify Alias, Type, and value that depend on the entry type. In the current implementation, you can import only the certificate chain entry type. Remove Alias To remove an alias from the key store, select the alias you want to remove and select Remove Alias from the Key Store menu. You can remove several aliases at once. Refresh Aliases To synchronize information shown in this tool with the original key store source, perform a refresh by selecting Refresh Aliases from the Key Store menu. Alias Details Panel It is not surprising that the Details panel has more details about the selected alias. This panel shows details that depend on the entry type. You can also change this value. If you want to store a new value, press the Apply Changes button. To return to the original value, press Restore. Page 381 Alias Details Panel