Re: [Condor-users] Authentication Model - Condor + WebServices

[Matthew Farrellee <matt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrea Borsic wrote:
> 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
Take a look at the API Tutorial on slide 33,

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/CondorWeek2006/presentations/farrellee_tannenba_APIs.ppt

Best,


matt