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Setting your environment on NCSA production machines

You are reading this page because for some reason your paths are not set up properly for certificate request or grid computing software. If you continue to have problems on the NCSA production machines after trying the following steps, send email to consult@ncsa.uiuc.edu for help.

1. First check the FAQ to make sure you are on a machine that has the request software installed.
    
   
2. Check your initialization files:
    
   The default environment should work. We set up your environment in the global initialization files.
    
   If you have not changed your initialization files (i.e. .cshrc or .bashrc/.bash_profile) then try copying the default skeleton ones from /u/skel.
    
   If you have modified your initialization files, try the following:
    
   
   1. Remove any lines with globus in them.
       
      
   2. Everytime path is set, the command should be written as an append instead of an explicit set. Make sure $path appears in the new path.
   
    
   Once you've saved these changes, open a new window to the machine. Look for error messages. If there are no error messages, try the following:
   % which ncsa-cert-request
   If you don't see "ncsa-cert-request: Command not found.", you have fixed your environment.