[Condor-users] Authentication Model - Condor + WebServices

[Andrea Borsic <Andrea.Borsic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

I am new to the use of Condor, and I would like to post a question 
regarding the authentication model of Condor + WebServices:

I am interested in submitting jobs to a Linux+Condor cluster via Web 
Services and I have realized that most Condor Web Services calls have a 
field called "Owner", where the client side can declare the user ID to 
be used for running the job. This arrangement is not satisfactory for 
us, as we would like to have a true authentication of the users.

Is trusting the "Owner" field in the Web Services calls the only 
authentication model of Condor for Web Services ? What are the common 
practices regarding this aspect - is there any secure way of 
authenticating the users ? Apparently the User Manual does not cover in 
more detail these aspects, is there any documentation that might be 
helpful ?

Thanks for your attention,

Best Regards,

Andrea Borsic