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NAME

  voms-proxy-init.pl

SYNOPSIS

  An extension to the proxy-init.pl scrypt.  It uses LWP::UserAgent to get a VOMS credential from a compatable server. 

  voms-proxy-init VOMSURI \
                  [ -cert /path/to/cert.pem ] \
                  [ -key /path/to/cert's/key.pem ] \
                  [ -out /path/to/save/proxy ] \
                  [ -CApath /path/to/CA/directory (to verify VOMS server against) ] \.
                  [ -lifetime N (hours, default 12 hours) ] \
                  [ -pl N  ] \
                  [ -(old|new|rfc|limited)] \
                  [ -verbose ( shows warnings and thinking )] \
                  [ -debug ( shows encrypted/decrypted wire traffic ) ]

DESCRIPTION

Creates a 512 bit proxy certificate which includs a VOMS attribute certificate.

VOMSURI is either vomss://voms.server.fqdn:port/VO/Subgroup/.../Role=role/Capability=capability https://voms.server.fqdn:port/VO/Subgroup/.../Role=role/Capability=capability. where Subgroup, Role and Capability are optional.

use the vomss:// style uri to contact gLite VOMS vomsd servers and the https:// style uri to contact RESTful servers (https GET protocol)

SEE ALSO

This script was originally designed for SHEBANGS, a JISC funded project at The University of Manchester. http://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/projects/shebangs/

Modifications (gLite VOMS support) made for JISC funded SARoNGS project. http://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/projects/sarongs/

Mailing list, shebangs@listserv.manchester.ac.uk

Mailing list, voms-lite@listserv.manchester.ac.uk

AUTHOR

Mike Jones <mike.jones@manchester.ac.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2006 2009 by Mike Jones

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.