---
name: "condor_token_request_approve"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "condor"
version: "23.9.6+dfsg-2.1+b10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/condor_token_request_approve"
---

# condor\_token\_request\_approve(1)

HTCondor Manual approve a token request at a remote daemon

## NAME

condor\_token\_request\_approve - HTCondor Manual

approve a token request at a remote daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**condor\_token\_request\_approve** \[**-reqid** *val*\] \[**-pool** *pool\_name*\] \[**-name** hostname\] \[**-type** *type*\] \[**-debug**\]

**condor\_token\_request\_approve** \[**-help** \]

## DESCRIPTION

*condor\_token\_request\_approve* will approve an request for an authentication token queued at a remote daemon.  Once approved, the requester will be able to fetch a fully signed token from the daemon and use it to authenticate with the IDTOKENS method.

**NOTE** that any user can request a very powerful token, even allowing them to be the HTCondor administrator; such requests can only be approved by an administrator. Review token requests carefully to ensure you understand what identity you are approving.  The only safe way to approve a request is to have the request ID communicated out-of-band and verify it matches the expected, request contents, ensuring the request's authenticity.

By default, users can only approve requests for their own identity (that is, a user authenticating as **bucky@cs.wisc.edu** can only approve token requests for the identity **bucky@cs.wisc.edu**).  Users with **ADMINISTRATOR** authorization can approve any request.

If you want to approve multiple requests at once, do not provide the **-reqid** flag; in that case, the utility will iterate through all known requests.

By default, *condor\_token\_request\_approve* will query the local *condor\_collector*; by specifying a combination of **-pool**, **-name**, or **-type**, the tool can request tokens in other pools, on other hosts, or different daemon types.

## OPTIONS

- **-debug**

  Causes debugging information to be sent to **stderr**, based on the value of the configuration variable *TOOL\_DEBUG*.

- **-help**

  Display brief usage information and exit.

- **-name** *hostname*

  Request a token from the daemon named *hostname* in the pool.  If not specified, the locally-running daemons will be used.

- **-pool** *pool\_name*

  Request a token from a daemon in a non-default pool *pool\_name*.

- **-reqid** *val*

  Provides the specific request ID to approve.  Request IDs should be communicated out of band to the administrator through a trusted channel.

- **-type** *type*

  Request a token from a specific daemon type *type*.  If not given, a *condor\_collector* is used.

## EXAMPLES

To approve the tokens at the default *condor\_collector*, one-by-one:

```
$ condor_token_request_approve
RequestedIdentity = "bucky@cs.wisc.edu"
AuthenticatedIdentity = "anonymous@ssl"
PeerLocation = "10.0.0.42"
ClientId = "bird.cs.wisc.edu-516"
RequestId = "8414912"
To approve, please type 'yes'
yes
Request 8414912 approved successfully.
```

When a token is approved, the corresponding *condor\_token\_request* process will complete.  Note the printed request includes both the requested identity (which will be written into the issued token) and the authenticated identity of the token requester.  In this case, **anonymous@ssl** indicates the connection was established successfully over SSL but the remote side is anonymous (did not contain a client SSL certificate).

## EXIT STATUS

*condor\_token\_request\_approve* will exit with a non-zero status value if it fails to communicate with the remote daemon.  Otherwise, it will exit 0.

## SEE ALSO

**[condor\_token\_request(1)](/condor_token_request/1.md)**, **[condor\_token\_fetch(1)](/condor_token_fetch/1.md)**, **[condor\_token\_request\_auto\_approve(1)](/condor_token_request_auto_approve/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

Center for High Throughput Computing, University of Wisconsin-Madison

## AUTHOR

HTCondor Team

## COPYRIGHT

1990-2024, Center for High Throughput Computing, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, US. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.