Linux equivalent for the Windows certificate store

Question

Is there any fixed or known location for storing certificates in Linux, something like the Windows certificate store?

Thanks.

Solution

Yes, for system certificates, use

/etc/ssl/certs

AND

/etc/ssl/private (chmod 700)

For user SSH keys use the user's home folder, in a hidden folder named .ssh.

/home/user/.ssh

OR

~/.ssh

For webservers like apache, you can override the default location of certificates found in httpd.conf.

Comments

[Eugene Mayevski 'Callback]

when did SSH folder start to contain certificates, used mainly for SSL and almost never for SSH? Aren't you mixing them with SSH keys?

[Eddie]

You're right Eugene, I read too quickly ;). I updated to include locsation for certs as well as personal ssh keys.

[tkarls]

What about TLS (ssl) client certificates?