From eda2d392ab90f52528cd7a78df98ecc7add1f63c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russel Vela <russel.vela@venafi.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:03:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] debug

---
 vcert/connection_tpp_abstract.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vcert/connection_tpp_abstract.py b/vcert/connection_tpp_abstract.py
index 8e058da..7fcc798 100644
--- a/vcert/connection_tpp_abstract.py
+++ b/vcert/connection_tpp_abstract.py
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ def retrieve_cert(self, cert_request):
         if cert_request.csr_origin == CSR_ORIGIN_SERVICE:
             retrieve_request['IncludePrivateKey'] = cert_request.include_private_key
             if cert_request.key_password:
-                retrieve_request['Password'] = cert_request.key_password
+                # The password is encoded when assigned (for local use, I suppose).
+                # decode is needed to send a raw string
+                retrieve_request['Password'] = cert_request.key_password.decode()
 
         if cert_request.chain_option == CHAIN_OPTION_LAST:
             retrieve_request['RootFirstOrder'] = 'false'