Joseph Bester <bester <at> mcs.anl.gov> writes:
>
> Sorry, that documentation is a bit out of date.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 <mazouzi <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > try GLOBUS_LOCATION=/
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Jarlisson Moreira <jarlisson.moreira
<at> gmail.com> 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
> >
> >
>
>
