[BUG]Connect-PnPOnline : Access to the path 'C:\Temp' is denied.

[NPrice99]

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Issue

Expected behavior

Connect-PnPOnline should login me into my Application Registered in Azure AD (see #522)

Actual behavior

Connect-PnPOnline -ClientId xxxx-xxxx-CertificatePath C:\Temp -CertificatePassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "" -Force) -Url https://.sharepoint.com -Tenant "onmicrosoft.com"

Connect-PnPOnline: Access to Path 'C:\Temp' is denied (I tried a number of paths - all failed with the same message Access to Path is Denied.)

Steps to reproduce behavior

I was following this article :- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/security-apponly-azuread#setting-up-an-azure-ad-app-for-app-only-access - got as far as Connect-PnPOnline and this failed.

I was following Bert's response to #522

Which version of the PnP-PowerShell Cmdlets are you using?

• PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2013
• PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2016
• PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2019
• [X ] PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online

What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running?

(you can retrieve this by executing Get-Module -Name sharepointpnppowershell* -ListAvailable)
ModuleVersion = 3.24.2008.1

How did you install the PnP-PowerShell Cmdlets?

• MSI Installed downloaded from GitHub
• [ X] Installed through the PowerShell Gallery with Install-Module
• Other means

[kachihro]

Can you try running the PowerShell command window "as admin" ?

[jackpoz]

According to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-pnp/connect-pnponline?view=sharepoint-ps the -CertificatePath parameter should point to the full path of a *.pfx file.

Please try again specifying the full path like C:\Temp\pnp.pfx instead of the folder