Nah, you shouldn't have to generate a cert with the root account, it should be possible to be done through the control panel. Got a comment in my bugzilla report on a fix:
"I got this error also, you need to go into your /home/USERNAME/ssl and delete
the certs in /certs and /private and they should be called something like
"sslinstall install feature has been disabled." Once deleted they are no longer
there and bam, it works. Hope to have helped."
So props to Logan Glantz as this solved it. Thanks.