Configuring SAS service... Failed to configure SAS service: unknown error -1260 (fffffb14 hex) err=-1260

1. Error "Novell Certificate Server Plugin encountered error" while creating  server certificate using iManager.
2. Unable to create Server Certificate for any server in tree.
3. While validating the Certificate Authority unable to view the Self Signed Certificate and Public Certificate.
4. When adding the server in to the existing tree using command ndsconfig add -t treename -p <IP Address of replica server> comes up with failed to configure SAS service error message following the below mentioned output of the command:
   
   Configuring Novell eDirectory server with following parameters,Please wait...
   
   Tree Name              :Star
   Server DN              :FS1.OU=servers.O=novell
   Admin DN              :admin.novell
   NCP Interfaces(s)   :192.168.54.12@524
   HTTP Interfaces(s)  :192.168.54.12@8028
   HTTPS Interfaces (s):192.168.54.12@8030
   
   Configuration File :/etc/opt/novell/eDirectory/conf/nds.conf
   Instance Location :/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data
   DIB Location       :/var/opt/novell/eDirectory/data/dib
   
   Starting the service 'ndsd'... Done
   Checking if server is ready for request... Done
   Extending Schema ...Done
   Configuring LDAP service...Done
   Configuring SAS service...Failed to configure SAS service :unknown error -1260 (fffffb14 hex) err = -1260
   
   

Certificate Authority in the tree is corrupt. Recreate CA object following the below mentioned document.

Note:

The server hosting the Organizational Certificate Authority is unable to read the Organizational Certificate Authority object and Novell Certificate software is corrupted on the host server. Recreate CA with different host server.