help required on shibboleth+testshib

[Cantor, Scott]

On 3/18/15, 12:58 PM, "Akshik dbk" <akshik at outlook.com> wrote:
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>im having tough time in understanding the entry id, how do we find what is the correct entryid, iwas under the assumption that whatever that gives the metadata is the entryid. correct me if im wrong and point me in right direction

It's entityID, and you are approaching this backwards. An entityID is a name.

https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/EntityNaming

If it has a port, an IP address, etc. you're doing it wrong, as a rule. It's a symbolic name for the service. It is not a location.

-- Scott