Mike, I'm trying the Cygwin version of the Globus Toolkit for Windows and I'm
getting a similar error as when trying the MinGW version. Here is what I get:
hugo.hernandez@cygwin ~
$ globus-url-copy.exe -list file:///tmp/
file:///tmp/
check/
globus_toolkit-6.0.1493297102-x86_64-pc-cygwin-Build-10.zip
hugo.hernandez@cygwin ~
$ globus-url-copy.exe -vb -dbg -list sshftp://dtn-gridftp-host/home/
sshftp://dtn-gridftp-host/home/
error: globus_ftp_client: an invalid value for url was used
What am I missing here? Yes, I have OpenSSH installed on Cygwin:
hugo.hernandez@cygwin ~
$ ssh -V
OpenSSH_7.5p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2k 26 Jan 2017
...and I'm able to reach the GridFTP DTN via SSH. Help appreciated!
Thanks,
-Hugo
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Link [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:30 PM
To: Hernandez, Hugo * <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [gt-user] Using GridFTP on Windows hosts
Hi Hugo,
The main issue you'll run into is that the code that runs another process and
pipes stdin/stdout to/from it isn't implemented in native windows api.
https://github.com/globus/globus-toolkit/blob/globus_6_branch/xio/drivers/popen/source/globus_xio_popen_driver.c#L547
That specific issue looks like it isn't finding a valid ssh client script to
exec
https://github.com/globus/globus-toolkit/blob/globus_6_branch/gridftp/client/source/globus_ftp_client_handle.c#L126
Those are the two libraries involved in making sshftp work.
Mike
On 9/21/2017 10:38 AM, Hernandez, Hugo * wrote:
> Mike, by adding the lib and lib/bin into my Windows PATH did the trick so I'm
> able to globus-url-copy command for local copies:
>
> C:\Users\Hugo.Hernandez\Programs\Globus\bin> SET
> PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\Hugo.Hernandez\Programs\Globus\lib;C:\Users\Hugo.
> Hernandez\Programs\Globus\lib\bin
>
> then
>
> C:\Users\Hugo.Hernandez\Programs\Globus\bin> globus-url-copy -vb -dbg
> file://C:/Users/Hugo.Hernandez/Downloads/Capture.JPG
> file://C:/Users/Hugo.Hernandez/TestFile.JPG
> Source: file://C:/Users/Hugo.Hernandez/Downloads/Capture.JPG
> Dest: file://C:/Users/Hugo.Hernandez/TestFile.JPG
> Capture.JPG -> TestFile.JPG
>
> I tried to be optimistic with sshftp by adding into the PATH libexec and
> libexec/bin but it didn't work. Got this error message:
>
> error: globus_ftp_client: an invalid value for url was used
>
> Question, where can I get the Globus Toolkit MinGW Windows client source code
> so we can look on it?
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Hugo R Hernandez
> FDA-CFSAN | Scientific Computing Team
> 5001 Campus Dr
> College Park, MD 20740
> (301) 348-1780 - Office
> [email protected]|www.engilitycorp.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gt-user [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> Michael Link
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 3:48 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [gt-user] Using GridFTP on Windows hosts
>
> In order to run most of the commands from the mingw build, you'll need to add
> lib, and lib/bin to the PATH, or copy *.dll to the bin directory.
>
> However, sshftp will not work with the mingw client builds. sshftp requires
> executing a local ssh command and streaming the GridFTP connection over that.
> That is not implemented with native builds.
>
> sshftp should work with the cygwin builds and the cygwin-provided ssh.exe.
>
> Mike
>
> On 9/20/2017 12:56 PM, Hernandez, Hugo * wrote:
>> Hello there, we are trying to install Windows client of the Globus
>> Toolkit and then access the DTN GridFTP servers we have configured by
>> using SSH as authentication method (we use this successfully in both
>> Mac OS X and Linux). The first problem we have encountered is shown
>> on the following pic:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We have been looking online as there is not that much documentation
>> around so help will be greatly appreciated. This is what we have
>> done so far to install the Windows client:
>>
>>
>>
>> Download the MinGW version of the Globus Toolkit package from the
>> Globus portal at
>> https://downloads.globus.org/toolkit/gt6/stable/installers/windows/
>> and download the binary zip file
>> globus_toolkit-6.0.1502136246-i686-w64-mingw32-Build-13.zip. Extract
>> the files to a local folder of choice. (Ex: "C:\Program Files")
>>
>> Add the <Local Folder>\Globus\bin to the system PATH using the steps below.
>>
>>
>>
>> * From the desktop, right click the Computer icon.
>> * Choose Properties from the context menu.
>> * Click the Advanced system settings link.
>> * Click Environment Variables. In the section System Variables, find
>> the PATH environment variable and select it.
>> * Click Edit. If the PATH environment variable does not exist, click New.
>> * In the Edit System Variable (or New System Variable) window, specify
>> the value of the PATH environment variable Or append ";c:\<Local
>> Folder>\Globus\bin" to the existing value.
>> * Click OK. Close all remaining windows by clicking OK.
>>
>>
>>
>> Once we are able to address the "Error -1, activating gass cipy module"
>> issue, what is next to setup the windows client to use SSH for
>> authentication? Clearly, the user should have SSH access into the
>> corresponding DTN.
>>
>>
>>
>> Note: we are trying to avoid users to use Cygwin but the MinGW
>> version of the Globus Toolkit client for Windows.
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, help will be greatly appreciated!
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Hugo
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Hugo R Hernandez*
>>
>> *FDA-CFSAN | Scientific Computing Team*
>>
>> *5001 Campus Dr*
>>
>> *College Park, MD 20740*
>>
>> *(301) 348-1780 - Office*
>>
>> [email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>|www.engilitycorp.com
>> <http://www.engilitycorp.com/>
>>
>> cid:[email protected]
>>
>>
>>
