Bug ID 559100: Unable to Import Certificate to a partition subfolder, message: Name cannot contain '/' nor '\'.

Last Modified: Jul 18, 2026

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.5.4, 11.5.4 hf1, 11.5.4 hf2, 11.5.4 hf3, 11.5.4 hf4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.0 hf1, 11.6.0 hf2, 11.6.0 hf3, 11.6.0 hf4, 11.6.0 hf5, 11.6.0 hf6, 11.6.0 hf7, 11.6.0 hf8, 11.6.1, 11.6.1 hf1, 11.6.1 hf2, 11.6.2, 11.6.2 hf1, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 hf1, 12.0.0 hf2, 12.0.0 hf3, 12.0.0 hf4

Fixed In:
12.1.0

Opened: Nov 19, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K60804782

Symptoms

UI prevents importing to sub-partitions a certificate with a forward slash in the name.

Impact

Import operation fails. The system posts the following error: Name cannot contain '/' nor '\'. User cannot use the GUI to import a certificate in a sub partition.

Conditions

Create a sub-partition such as /Test/MyPartition and import a certificate with name /Test/MyPartition/myCertificate to target the /Test/MyPartition.

Workaround

For a certificate with a forward slash in the name, use tmsh to import it to a sub partition.

Fix Information

The system now allows forward slash in the certificate name to be imported to a sub-partition.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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