GSISSH (static binary)

GSISSH comes included in the Globus Toolkit. However quite often people only need GSISSH without the additional functionality the Globus Toolkit offers. That's why we provide here a GSISSH binary which doesn't need the full Globus Toolkit installed. Instead it is statically linked against the libaries of the Globus Toolkit.

Prerequisites:

• Linux x86_64 with libssl (0.9.8) and libcrypto (0.9.8) installed. We tested it successfully with Ubuntu Server 10.04 (32/64bit), OpenSUSE 11.3 (64bit), Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.2 (64bit), Scientific Linux 5.3 (32bit), and Scientific Linux 4.5 (64bit).
• A x509 certificate (public and private user key, PEM format).
• Certificate authorities(CAs) public certificates.

Download:

• GSISSH (Ubuntu Server 10.04 64bit): gsissh_Ubuntu_10.04_bin.tar.gz
• GSISSH (Ubuntu Server 10.04 32bit): gsissh_Ubuntu32_10.04_bin.tar.gz
• GSISSH (OpenSUSE 11.3 64bit): gsissh_OpenSUSE_11.3_bin.tar.gz
• GSISSH (Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.2 64bit): gsissh_SLED_10.2_bin.tar.gz
• GSISSH (Scientific Linux 5.3 32bit): gsissh_SL_5.3_bin.tar.gz
• GSISSH (Scientific Linux 4.5 64bit): gsissh_SL_4.5_bin.tar.gz
• GSISSH (Mac OS X - tested on 10.6.4): gsissh_OSX_bin.tar.gz

Installation:

After extracting the *.tar.gz file to e.g. your home directory $HOME/gsissh add the following lines to your $HOME/.bashrc file:

# for gsissh
export GLOBUS_LOCATION=$HOME/gsissh
.$GLOBUS_LOCATION/etc/globus-user-env.sh
			

Make sure your public key usercert.pem and private key userkey.pem are stored in $HOME/.globus.

Make sure that you have your CA certificates stored in the directory $HOME/.globus/certificates/. A TAR file of all DEISA CA certs is available from winnetou.sara.nl.

Usage:

> grid-proxy-init
> gsissh -p 2222 [hostname]
			

(Port 2222 is the default port for GSISSH.) After you finished your work with gsissh it is recommended to destroy the generated proxy again for security reasons:

> grid-proxy-destroy
			

If you face any problems, please contact grid-admin@lists.lrz.de