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# sk154152 - "Failed to read file" error pops up when adding a CA certificate to an SMB appliance

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk154152 |
| Date Created | 2019-05-30 |
| Last Modified | 2019-06-06 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Spark Firewall (Locally Managed) |
| Versions | R82.00.X, R81.10.X |
| Platform | 910 |

## Symptoms

- * "Failed to read file" error pops up when the user adds a CA certificate to an SMB appliance: ![](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/sc//SolutionsStatics/sk154152/Error1905221005.PNG)
* A core dump file is generated in /logs directory (which is created when a process crashes).

## Cause

Unsupported certificate type (ECDSA).

## Solution

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