What component of NSS is read-only in the error message: "security library: read-only database."
After installing Firefox and booting. I load my PIV card using OpenSC as a "Security Device". After authenticating successfully with the card to one site, visiting sites.google.com errors with this message from Firefox.
security library: read-only database. (Error code: sec_error_read_only)
I can see this is an NSS based/related error, but even using modutil/certutil to create a new NSS database, I can still reproduce the error.
The interesting thing is if I then close down the browser, I can then go to sites.google.com just fine, but as soon as I authenticate with my PIV card in that session, I can produce the error.
Okulungisiwe ngu mzimmerman
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Hoping to add additional key information: Using OpenSC PKCS#11 library - version 0.12.2
Card functionality works great otherwise.
Perform the suggestions mentioned in the following articles:
- Clear Cookies & Cache
- Clear the Network Cache
- Make sure that you are using the "Remember History" setting as described in this article -> Settings for privacy, browsing history and do-not-track
- See this article -> Secure connection failed and Firefox did not connect
- Start Firefox in -> Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if your add-ons/extension are causing the problems.
- Also see this article -> Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems
Check and tell if its working.
You can check the secmod.db file and maybe cert8.db as well.
Running in safe mode does not help, and I'm using default Firefox config for everything else. The secmod.db and cert8.db files are indeed the issue. Here's steps to reproduce:
- rm -rf ~/.mozilla
- firefox
- (quit firefox)
- modutil -add "OpenSC" -libfile /lib/opensc-pkcs11.so -mechanisms FRIENDLY -dbdir .mozilla/firefox/{randomprofilename}.default/ -force
- Authenticate to website with PIV card
- Visit sites.google.com
This is not a file-system level permissions issue with the various NSS .db files.
Okulungisiwe ngu mzimmerman
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