xrdgsiproxy - Man Page
generate a proxy X.509 certificate
Synopsis
xrdgsiproxy [-h] [mode] [-debug] [-f [-out] file]
Description
The xrdgsiproxy utility displays, creates, and destroys X.509 user proxy certificates used by the grid security infrastructure (gsi) security protocol.
Operands
- mode
init create proxy certificate and related proxy file
info display content of existing proxy file
destroy delete existing proxy file
Options
- -h
- display help
- -f [-out] file
Non-standard location of proxy file
- init mode only:
- -certdir dir
Non-standard location of directory with information about known CAs
- -cert file
Non-standard location of certificate for which proxies are wanted
- -key file
Non-standard location of private key to be used to sign the proxy
- -bits n
Strength in bits of the key [default 2048]
- -valid hh:mm
Time validity of the proxy certificate [default 12:00]
- -path-length len
Max number of descendent levels below this proxy [default 0]
Notes
Complete HTML documentation can be found at
https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/doc/dev56/sec_config.htm
Documentation for all components associated with xrdgsiproxy can be found at https://xrootd.org/docs.html
Diagnostics
Errors yield an error message and a non-zero exit status.
License
License terms can be displayed by typing "xrootd -H".
Support Level
The xrdgsiproxy command is supported by the xrootd collaboration. Contact information can be found at