According to the instructions for setting up the Simple CA
(http://globus.org/toolkit/docs/5.2/5.2.2/admin/install/appendix.html#gtadmin-simpleca),
I need to request a host certificate by running:
sudo grid-cert-request -host 'hostname'
It would have been really nice if the next line explained what value is
expected for 'hostname' but the author failed to see a need for this. Assuming
it means my host, I entered:
sudo grid-cert-request -host '[email protected]'
and got an immediate error:
line 917: /etc/grid-security/grid-security.conf: No such file or directory
Searching for that file name on the Globus site, I found a description from the
version 4.0 documentation
(http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.0/admin/docbook/ch05.html):
grid-security.conf A base configuration file that contains the name and
email address for the CA.
So I created that /etc/grid-security/grid-security.conf file:
root
[email protected]
Now sudo grid-cert-request -host '[email protected]' gives another error:
/etc/grid-security/grid-security.conf: line 1: root: command not found
/etc/grid-security/grid-security.conf: line 2: [email protected]: command
not found
/usr/bin/grid-cert-request: line 442:
/etc/grid-security/globus-host-ssl.conf: No such file or directory
So obviously grid-security.conf is not a base configuration file that contains
the name and email address for the CA. Is there any chance someone would be
willing to take a minute to explain what that file should contain, as well an
example of what should be in /etc/grid-security/globus-host-ssl.conf? I would
sure appreciate it.
Thanks,
Melvin
