The first step is to obtain a personal certificate from the Dartmouth Certificate Authority.  You only need to do this once and you will use this certificate each time you want to use the grid. Here us an example of how to run the getcert program.

sierra:~> getcert

DND User Name: Susan A. Schwarz

DND Password:

Verify Password:

SSL configuration initialized...



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You will be asked to choose and enter a PEM password.

This password is used to protect your private key from

being used by another user. You are encouraged to pick

a strong password that is different from your DND password

or any other password that you already have in use.

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Using configuration from /tmp/sslconf.10231

Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key

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writing new private key to '/afs/northstar/ustaff/sas/.globus/userkey.pem'

Enter PEM pass phrase:

Verifying password - Enter PEM pass phrase:

Check for your certificates:

sierra:~/.globus> cd ~/.globus
sierra:~/.globus> ls -l
2 -rw-------    1 sas      users        1627 Mar 18 10:51 usercert.pem
1 -rw-------    1 sas      users         963 Mar 18 10:51 userkey.pem
sierra:~/.globus>