Sorry, that documentation is a bit out of date. If you create a globus user and do the simple ca operations with it, it will create the simple ca in its home directory (under ~/.globus/simpleCA), which doesn't require a writable GLOBUS_LOCATION.
Joe On Aug 14, 2012, at 8:07 AM, Mazouzi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > try GLOBUS_LOCATION=/ > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Jarlisson Moreira > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > In ' Appendix C. Installing SimpleCA' : > A generic globus account, which will be used to perform administrative tasks. > This user will also be in charge of managing the SimpleCA. To do this, make > sure this account has read and write permissions in the $GLOBUS_LOCATION > directory. > > But where's my $GLOBUS_LOCATION? > > Because I didn't install from the source, and the appendix about the > enviromental variabel say: > GLOBUS_LOCATION > Set this variable to the path where the Globus Toolkit is installed, so that > Globus tools can find libraries and data files. This is only needed if the > Globus Toolkit was built with the source installer > > > Should I consider install from the source? Because the install guide says: > > Note > Installing using the Source Installer is only recommended on platforms for > which native packages are not available. If you are installing onto a RedHat > or Debian based Linux system, please see the section above. > > > > Thanks > >
