Hello, Sorry for the late input, I have just saw this thread. As shown by the man or help pages, xrdgsiproxy controls the proxy file location via the switch -f . In particular this works: $ xrdgsiproxy -f $X509_USER_PROXY init Enter PEM pass phrase: ... which sorts of reproduces the looked-for behaviour. Gerri -- You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1370#issuecomment-754039523 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1