Re: [gt-user] Can I use Globus without GSI?

[Narisu]

Hi, Rachana, Thank you for your reply! I started use Globus just a few weeks ago and I am not very familiar with Globus and its componenets, so I cannot accurately tell you what I want. But I will try. What I mean is, if I wanna submit a job to a cluster equiped with Globus, commonly, at first I have to get a user cert and key, then I have to use command "grid-proxy-init" to create a proxy, right? But If I wanna submit a MPICH-G2 multi-request job to more than one cluster, I  have to get the user certs and proxies of all these clusters, and if a new user were added to the system, the whole getting  user certs and proxies thing should be done all over again, which is repeated and boring. So is there an easier way to do this? Rachana Ananthakrishnan 写道: Hi, When you say not use GSI, you mean not have proxies and X509 Credentials? Recently we have started discussion about potentially leveraging SSH infrastructure in the GT. Today GridFTP has support for this, but we are looking at extending it to WS services also. The effort is in preliminary stages and we would be interested to hear use cases and requirements from your group. Thanks, Rachana -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of ??? Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:45 PM To: gt-user@globus.org Subject: [gt-user] Can I use Globus without GSI? Hi, Our lab has several clusters, so we wanna make them a grid by Globus and then run MPICH-G2 jobs on it. But since they all belong to us and are gonna be used by members of our lab only, there are not much security problems, hence GSI is not that necessary to us. Now I don't know whether or not I can use Globus without GSI and I cannot find any information about this issue. So does anyone have experience with it or know where I can get some help? Narisu, Beihang University, Beijing, China.