Name

dced_server_enable_if - Enables a service (RPC interface) of a specific server on a specific host

Synopsis

#include <dce/dced.h> void dced_server_enable_if(
dced_binding_handle_t dced_bh,
uuid_t ∗exec_uuid,
rpc_if_id_t ∗interface,
error_status_t ∗status);

Parameters

Input

dced_bhSpecifies the dced binding handle for the srvrexec service on a specific host. 

exec_uuidSpecifies the UUID that dced uses to identify the running server. 

interfaceSpecifies the RPC interface identifier that represents the service to be enabled.  The interface identifier is generated when idl compiles an interface definition file.  The interface identifier is a structure that contains the interface UUID (interface->uuid), and the major (interface->vers_major) and minor (interface->vers_minor) version numbers for the interface. 

Output

statusReturns the status code from this routine.  This status code indicates whether the routine completed successfully or, if not, why not. 

Description

The dced_server_enable_if() routine enables a service (or reenables a previously disabled service) that a specific server provides.  Management applications use this routine.  A service is represented by an RPC interface identifier. 

When a server starts and initializes itself, it typically calls the dce_server_register() routine to enable all of its services.  The services can then be disabled and reenabled, as needed.  A server enables and disables its own services by using the routines dce_server_enable_service() and dce_server_disable_service().  A management application enables and disables a remote server’s service using the routines dced_server_enable_if() and dced_server_disable_if(). 

The dce_server∗ routines affect both the RPC runtime and the local endpoint map by registering (or unregistering) with the runtime and setting a flag for the interface in the the endpoint map as enabled (or disabled).  The dced_server_enable_if() and dced_server_disable_if() routines affect only the remote endpoint map by setting the flag. 

Prior to calling dced_server_enable_if(), the application must have established a valid dced binding handle to the srvrexec service by calling either dced_binding_create() or dced_binding_from_rpc_binding(). 

Errors

The following describes a partial list of errors that might be returned.  Refer to the OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide for complete descriptions of all error messages. 

error_status_ok

db_s_bad_index_type

db_s_iter_not_allowed

db_s_readonly

db_s_store_failed

dced_s_bad_binding

dced_s_not_found

sec_acl_invalid_permission

Related Information

dcecp Objects: server(8dce). 

Functions: dce_server_disable_if(3dce), dce_server_enable_if(3dce), dce_server_register(3dce), dced_binding_create(3dce), dced_binding_from_rpc_binding(3dce), dced_server_disable_if(3dce). 

Books: OSF DCE Application Development Guide.