I had the same problem. I had used suse 9 and the precompiled globus package. I solved it by compiling the globus source on a recent version of suse (10.0 and later). Hope this information helps.
> hi all > > while installing globus toolkit i got these errors > help me > > $GLOBUS_LOCATION/setup/globus/setup-simple-ca > > WARNING: GPT_LOCATION not set, assuming: > GPT_LOCATION=/usr/local/globus-4.0.5 > > > C e r t i f i c a t e A u t h o r i t y S e t u p > > This script will setup a Certificate Authority for signing Globus > users certificates. It will also generate a simple CA package > that can be distributed to the users of the CA. > > The CA information about the certificates it distributes will > be kept in: > > /home/globus/.globus/simpleCA/ > > The unique subject name for this CA is: > > cn=Globus Simple CA, ou=simpleCA-localhost.localdomain, ou=GlobusTest, > o=Grid > > Do you want to keep this as the CA subject (y/n) [y]:y > > Enter the email of the CA (this is the email where certificate > requests will be sent to be signed by the CA):[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The CA certificate has an expiration date. Keep in mind that > once the CA certificate has expired, all the certificates > signed by that CA become invalid. A CA should regenerate > the CA certificate and start re-issuing ca-setup packages > before the actual CA certificate expires. This can be done > by re-running this setup script. Enter the number of DAYS > the CA certificate should last before it expires. > [default: 5 years (1825 days)]: > > Error number 127 was returned by > /usr/local/globus-4.0.5/bin/openssl > >
