NAME

       grid-default-ca - Select default CA for certificate requests

SYNOPSIS

       grid-default-ca [-help] [-h] [-usage] [-u] [-version] [-versions]

       grid-default-ca -list [-dir CA-DIRECTORY]

       grid-default-ca [-ca CA-HASH] [-dir CA-DIRECTORY]

DESCRIPTION

       The grid-default-ca program sets the default certificate authority to use when the grid-cert-request
       script is run. The CA´s certificate, configuration, and signing policy must be installed in the trusted
       certificate directory to be able to request certificates from that CA. Note that some CAs have different
       policies and use other tools to handle certificate requests. Please consult your CA´s support staff if
       you unsure. The grid-default-ca is designed to work with CAs implemented using the globus_simple_ca
       package.

       By default, the grid-default-ca program displays a list of installed CA certificates and the prompts the
       user for which one to set as the default. If invoked with the -list command-line option, grid-default-ca
       will print the list and not prompt nor set the default CA. If invoked with the -ca option, it will not
       list or prompt, but set the default CA to the one with the hash that matches the CA-HASH argument to that
       option. If grid-default-ca is used to set the default CA, the caller of this program must have write
       permissions to the trusted certificate directory.

       The grid-default-ca program sets the CA in the one of the grid security directories. It looks in the
       directory named by the GRID_SECURITY_DIR environment, the X509_CERT_DIR, /etc/grid-security, and
       $GLOBUS_LOCATION/share/certificates.

       The full set of command-line options to grid-default-ca are:

       -help, -h, -usage, -u
           Display the command-line options to grid-default-ca and exit.

       -version, -versions
           Display the version number of the grid-default-ca command. The second form includes more details.

       -dir CA-DIRECTORY
           Use the trusted certificate directory named by CA-DIRECTORY instead of the default.

       -list
           Instead of changing the default CA, print out a list of all available CA certificates in the trusted
           certificate directory

       -ca CA-HASH
           Set the default CA without displaying the list of choices or prompting. The CA file named by CA-HASH
           must exist.

EXAMPLES

       List the contents of the trusted certificate directory that contain the string Example:

           % grid-default-ca | grep Example
           15) cd1186ff -  /DC=org/DC=Example/DC=Grid/CN=Example CA

       Choose that CA as the default:

           % grid-default-ca -ca cd1186ff

           setting the default CA to: /DC=org/DC=Example/DC=Grid/CN=Example CA

           linking /etc/grid-security/certificates/grid-security.conf.cd1186ff to
                   /etc/grid-security/certificates/grid-security.conf

           linking /etc/grid-security/certificates/grid-host-ssl.conf.cd1186ff  to
                   /etc/grid-security/certificates/grid-host-ssl.conf

           linking /etc/grid-security/certificates/grid-user-ssl.conf.cd1186ff  to
                   /etc/grid-security/certificates/grid-user-ssl.conf

           ...done.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The following environment variables affect the execution of grid-default-ca:

       GRID_SECURITY_DIRECTORY
           Path to the default trusted certificate directory.

       X509_CERT_DIR
           Path to the default trusted certificate directory.

       GLOBUS_LOCATION
           Path to the Globus Toolkit installation directory.

BUGS

       The grid-default-ca program displays CAs from all of the directories in its search list; however,
       grid-cert-request only uses the first which contains a grid security configuration.

       The grid-default-ca program may display the same CA multiple times if it is located in multiple
       directories in its search path. However, it does not provide any information about which one would
       actually be used by the grid-cert-request command.

SEE ALSO

       grid-cert-request(1)

AUTHOR

       University of Chicago

Globus Toolkit 5.0.1                               03/22/2010                                 GRID-DEFAULT-CA(8)