unset creds port
 
+cred_copy=/var/tmp/glite-lb-logger.pem
+
 start()
 {
        [ -n "$GLITE_HOST_CERT" -a -n "$GLITE_HOST_KEY" ] &&
                creds="-c $GLITE_HOST_CERT -k $GLITE_HOST_KEY"
 
+       if test -z "$creds"; then
+               if su $GLITE_USER -c "test -r /etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem"; then
+                       echo "$0: WARNING: /etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem readable by $GLITE_USER"
+                       echo "$0:          creating $cred_copy from it"
+                       su $GLITE_USER -c "umask 077; cat /etc/grid-security/hostcert.pem /etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem >$cred_copy"
+                       creds="-c $cred_copy -k $cred_copy"
+               fi
+       fi
+
        [ -z "$creds" ] && echo $0: WARNING: No credentials specified. Using default lookup which is dangerous. >&2
 
        [ -n "$GLITE_LB_LOGGER_PORT" ] && port="-p $GLITE_LB_LOGGER_PORT"
                echo -n Stopping glite-lb-interlogd ...
                killall glite-lb-interlogd
                echo " done"
+               rm -f $cred_copy
 }
 
 status()