Installation of globus 1.1.3 (on ouhep1): Download globus-1.1.3, globus-1.1.3-giis-update, SSLeay-0.9.0b, and OpenLDAP-1.2.7-globus tar.gz files from http://www.globus.org/toolkit/download/ Untar all of them with #tar zxvf *.tar.gz Install SSLeay: # cd SSLeay-0.9.0b # ./Configure linux-elf # make # make test # make install Install OpenLDAP: # cd ../OpenLDAP-1.2.7-globus # ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/OpenLDAP-1.2.7-globus # make depend # make # cd tests # make # cd .. # make install Now, install globus: Create user and group globus, and create /usr/local/globus and /opt/globus and give ownership to globus. Then, as user globus: First, apply patch: # cd ../globus # cp -p ../1.1.3-giis-patch/grid-info-site-backend.in \ InformationServices/mds/services Then globus install: # ./globus-install domainname: nhn.ou.edu ldap: /usr/local/OpenLDAP-1.2.7-globus globus: /usr/local/globus parallel build: yes (keep all other defaults) Then setup: # export GLOBUS_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/globus # /usr/local/globus/sbin/globus-setup MDS setup: skip (5) --> do NOT skip - see globusinst2.txt! GSI config: q (keep all other defaults) Then deployment: # /usr/local/globus/sbin/globus-local-deploy /opt/globus register: yes Then performed tasks suggested in /opt/globus/tmp/globus-root-instructions IMPORTANT: put "local user" next to DN in /opt/globus/etc/grid-mapfile ! Also, add export GLOBUS_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/globus and source . ${GLOBUS_INSTALL_PATH}/etc/globus-user-setup.sh (which will add path=$path:/usr/local/globus/tools/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin) to standard login scripts (/etc/profile.d/globus.[c]sh) To request personal certificate, as user hs: # export GLOBUS_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/globus # /usr/local/globus/tools/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/grid-cert-request Then save received email as ~/.globus/usercert.pem