On http://pki.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Default_CA_Admin The following command: $ pki -c Secret123 client-cert-import --pkcs12 ~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca_admin_cert.p12 --pkcs12-password ~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/pkcs12_password.conf should read: $ pki -c Secret123 client-cert-import --pkcs12 ~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca_admin_cert.p12 --pkcs12-password-file ~/.dogtag/pki-tomcat/ca/pkcs12_password.conf