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I'm trying to export the keychains in Terminal. This is the code I used 

security> export -k SystemCACertificates.keychain -t all -f openssl -o goodone.txt

And this is the error I got security: illegal option -- k. Can anyone fix it? :)

nohillside
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mrghostmods
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You probably copied/pasted the example listed in the man page, which actually is supposed to show how security can be run interactively. To fix, you can do one of the following:

  • Run in interactive mode by executing security -i in Terminal and then just entering export -k SystemCACertificates.keychain -t all -f openssl -o goodone.txt when you get the security> prompt
  • Run security export -k SystemCACertificates.keychain -t all -f openssl -o goodone.txt from the shell
nohillside
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  • Now that error went away but a new one came :( This is the new error. security: SecKeychainItemExport: One or more parameters passed to a function were not valid. export: returned 1 – mrghostmods Dec 04 '15 at 19:13
  • Try without some of the parameters to find the one leading to the problem then :-) – nohillside Dec 04 '15 at 19:16
  • OK. Now I tried security> export -k SystemCACertificates.keychain And got this error security: SecKeychainItemExport: One or more parameters passed to a function were not valid. export: returned 1 – mrghostmods Dec 04 '15 at 19:35
  • This just leaves the name of the keychain. It might be easier to export directly from Keychain Utility. – nohillside Dec 04 '15 at 20:17