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This article describes how to verify Enroll on behalf of (EOBO) for Windows over CMC or PKCS#7.

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Prerequisites

See Enroll on behalf of in WinEP

Step-by-step instruction

For CMC:

  1. Create a file called eobo-cmc.inf with the following contents: 

    [NewRequest]
RequestType=cmc
RequesterName=<domain>\<username>

[RequestAttributes]
CertificateTemplate=User
    a. Replace <domain> with the domain for which to generate the request.
    b. Replace <username> with the username for which to generate the request.

  1. Run the following commands:

    Command 1
    > certreq.exe -new -cert "Enrollment Agent Signer" eobo-cmc.inf mycmc.req
    Command 2
    > certreq.exe -submit mycmc.req
    The second command returns a certificate for the requested user. 

For PKCS#7:

  1. Create a file called eobo-pkcs7.inf with the following contents: 

    [NewRequest]
RequestType=pkcs7
RequesterName=<domain>\<username>

[RequestAttributes]
CertificateTemplate=User
    a. Replace <domain> with the domain for which to generate the request.
    b. Replace <username> with the username for which to generate the request.

  1. Run the following commands:

    Command 1
    > certreq.exe -new -cert "Enrollment Agent Signer" eobo-pkcs7.inf mypkcs7.req
    Command 2
    > certreq.exe -submit mypkcs7.req
    The second command returns a certificate for the requested user. 

    For more information about PKCS#7, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/seccertenroll/pkcs--7-eobo-request.

This article is valid for CM 8.5 and later.

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