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
+               if su - $GLITE_USER -c "test -r /etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem -a -r /etc/grid-security/hostcert.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"
+                       creds="-c /etc/grid-security/hostcert.pem -k /etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem"
                fi
        fi