Note

The Grid Community Toolkit documentation was taken from the Globus Toolkit 6.0 documentation. As a result, there may be inaccuracies and outdated information. Please report any problems to the Grid Community Forums as GitHub issues.

GCT → GSI-OpenSSH

GSI-OpenSSH is a modified version of OpenSSH that adds support for X.509 proxy certificate authentication and delegation, providing a single sign-on remote login and file transfer service. GSI-OpenSSH can be used to login to remote systems and transfer files between systems without entering a password, relying instead on a valid proxy credential for authentication. GSI-OpenSSH forwards proxy credentials to the remote system on login, so commands requiring proxy credentials (including GSI-OpenSSH commands) can be used on the remote system without the need to manually create a new proxy credential on that system. For more information about GSI-OpenSSH, see the GSI-OpenSSH Home Page.

The following guides are available for this component:

Security Key Concepts

For important general concepts.

Admin Guide

For system administrators and those installing, building and deploying GCT. You should already have read the Installation Guide and Quickstart

User’s Guide

Describes how end-users typically interact with this component.

Developer’s Guide

Reference and usage scenarios for developers.

Other information available for this component are:

Release Notes

What’s new with the 6.2 release for this component.

Public Interface Guide

Information for all public interfaces (including APIs, commands, etc). Please note this is a subset of information in the Developer’s Guide.

Quality Profile

Information about test coverage reports, etc.

Migrating Guide

Information for migrating to this version if you were using a previous version of GT or GCT.