Change iOS Distribution Certificate Name

Question

We have two iOS developer accounts. One for deployment to the AppStore and one internal Enterprise account that we use for deployment to home applications. I am having problems signing up because the deployment certificates for these two accounts have the same name.

If I add both certificates and try to sign with one of them, I get an error message stating that the certificate name must be unique. I have to remove another certificate from Keychain access in order to sign the application. This makes signing the application a long-term task, as I have to export / import certificates every time I want to change accounts.

Does anyone know a way to change the name of the distribution certificate that Apple generates?

Error message when signing with two equally named certificates:

[Error] Error CodeSign: the certificate identifier 'iPhone Distribution: Avento AS' appears more than once in the keychain. A code notation tool requires only one.

Regards Oystein

Answer 1

Contact Apple Support and they refused to change the name to anything other than the company’s legal name. As a result, I created a separate user account on my Mac to sign an enterprise account.