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Authentication and Delegation
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Not needed for S3 resources |
If you are doing a lot of scripting connecting to a Mediaflux remote, it is undesirable to populate lots of plain text files with your login details. This is where delegation becomes useful. Delegate credentials are binary tokens that reside in the home directory of the user that creates them. These credentials automatically perform a login on your behalf when interacting with Pawsey data storage. Here's an example of creating a delegate credential that lasts for approximately one month:
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