Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Martin said:0 > We were told that the NGS do not insist on you providing a > gsissh service > but they do strongly encourage it. My guess is that this > really arises > from the nature of NGS. Unlike EGEE there doesn't seem to be > any notion of > sgmXXXXX accounts and software is either installed by the sites > themselves or it is a DIY task. Without interactive access, getting > applications properly installed and working could be awkward. On the face of it this is what in EGEE terms is the VOBOX node type rather than a UI. At any rate it might well be easier to start from the vobox configuration. > One way to avoid the need for a UI copy of the user's key is to use > > voms-proxy-init -voms XXX -cert $X509_USER_PROXY \ > -key $X509_USER_PROXY Just use the -noregen option to use an existing proxy as the source. Stephen