External software required (on both client and server hosts)

     * GSI  (Grid Security Infrastructure) from the Globus 2 Toolkit (2.0
       or 2.2)

   Refer to the Working with external software section.

    System requirements

     * The  certificate  mode has been tested for Linux intel and Solaris
       only

    Certificates

   2 certificates needed:
     * A host certificate or a user certificate on the BBFTP server host.
     * A user certificate on the BBFTP client host.

    Build process

   For both client and server, use the
   --enable-authentication=certificates option for the configure script.
   See the installation sections for the client and for the server.

    Running the BBFTPD daemon

   Before  starting  the daemon, some environment variables can be set to
   override default values for certificates paths, mapfile location... If
   you  use  the  --with-x509...  options  of the configure script, these
   variables will be automatically set.
   Refer to the Globus documentation for more details.

   Run the daemon "bbftpd -b"

   If  you  use a host certificate, you must be root to start the daemon.
   The  CN  field  of  the  certificate must be the full name of the host
   (i.e.  host.domain).  If  it  is something else (for example a service
   name), it must be specified by the client with the -g option.
   If you want to start your own daemon, you must use another certificate
   (a  host  certificate  you  can read or your own certificate). In this
   case,  only  you can use the bbftp client against this server, and you
   will have to use the -g option (see BBFTP Client man page).

    Running the client

   Before running the client, you must create a temporary proxy using the
   grid-proxy-init command.

   Run the client "bbftp -e<command_list>|-i<control_file> <remote_host>"
   Please,  note  that  the  -u  option  is  not  used in the certificate
   authentication  mode.  If  you  use  it,  BBFTP  will use the standard
   authentication mode.

    More information

   Additionnal information can be found on the GLOBUS web site