Re: [Trustedjava-support] "Unable to open TPM device" error with aik_create

[Nektarios I. <ine...@gm...>]

>15:35:13:178 [INFO] Client::overrideCertificates (113): overriding defaul=
>t EK certificate used by TSS
>15:35:13:180 [WARN] Client::overrideCertificates (121): Unable to overrid=
>e EK certificate. If this is a TrouSerS TSS, you can set the EK certifica=
>te in the tcsd.conf!
>iaik.tc.tss.api.exceptions.tcs.TcTpmException:
>
>TSS Error:
>error layer: 0x00 (TPM)
>error code (without layer): 0x22
>error code (full): 0x22
>error message: An invalid handle was used.
>
>at iaik.tc.tss.impl.jni.tsp.TcBaseObject.handleRetCode(TcBaseObje=
> ct.java:104)
>at iaik.tc.tss.impl.jni.tsp.TcTpm.collateIdentityRequest(TcTpm.ja=
>va:1071)
>at iaik.tc.apps.jtt.aik.Client.collateIdentityReq(Client.java:99)=
>
>at iaik.tc.apps.jtt.aik.AikCreate.execute(AikCreate.java:301)
>at iaik.tc.utils.cmdline.SubCommand.run(SubCommand.java:69)
>at iaik.tc.utils.cmdline.SubCommandParser.parse(SubCommandParser.=
>java:41)
>at iaik.tc.apps.JTpmTools.main(JTpmTools.java:110)
>15:35:13:187 [ERROR] AikCreate::execute (305): client: CollateIdentityRe=
>quest failed

BTW..What does  "invalid handle was used"mean anyways? Does this mean that
one of the parameters of CollateIdentity() method was wrong?
Is there a way to narrow down the error to which parameter is causing the
error?

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