[Swift-devel] Can not reach advertised gridftp server on Abe

[Michael Wilde]

Hi Help Team,

When I try to reach the gridftp server on Abe advertised in the Userinfo 
pages at, which is:

   gridftp-abe.ncsa.teragrid.org

on page:

http://www.teragrid.org/userinfo/hardware/resources.php?type=compute&select=single&id=50&PHPSESSID=2379360d3ce483f8f90532609354cd73

then I get the following error:

# my cert is ok:

login$ globus-job-run grid-abe.ncsa.teragrid.org /bin/hostname
honest4.ncsa.uiuc.edu

# this fails:

login$ globus-url-copy file:///etc/passwd 
gsiftp://gridftp-abe.ncsa.teragrid.org/cfs/scratch/users/wilde/fromci

error: globus_ftp_client: the server responded with an error
530 530-Login incorrect. : IPC connection failed.
530-globus_xio_gsi: gss_init_sec_context failed.
530-GSS Major Status: Unexpected Gatekeeper or Service Name
530-globus_gsi_gssapi: Authorization denied: The name of the remote host 
(abe-ipib-gw02.ncsa.uiuc.edu), and the expected name for the remote host 
(abe-gw02) do not match. This happens when the name in the host 
certificate does not match the information obtained from DNS and is 
often a DNS configuration problem.
530 End.


# while gridftp to the GRAM gatekeeper host works:

login$ globus-url-copy file:///etc/passwd 
gsiftp://grid-abe.ncsa.teragrid.org/cfs/scratch/users/wilde/fromci
login$

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A problem due to multi-homed hosts or multiple hostname aliases?

Is gridftp-abe a beefier data server than grid-abe, and if so should the 
problem above get fixed?

Thanks,

- Mike