NAME

dce_intro  — Introduction to the cross-component DCE administration tools

Description

The ∗(8dce) reference pages describe publicly accessible DCE administration commands that are general to DCE rather than specific to a particular component.  These commands are as follows:

accountManages an account in the DCE Security Service

aclManages DCE access control lists (ACLs)

attrlistManipulates attribute lists

audManages the audit daemon on a DCE host

audevents
Lists audit events on a DCE host

audfilterManages event filters on a DCE host

audtrailConverts the audit trail into a readable format

cdsManages the CDS server daemon on any DCE host. 

cdsaliasManipulates cellnames in the Cell Directory Service (CDS)

cdscacheManages a CDS cache

cdsclientManages the CDS client daemon on any DCE host. 

cellOperates on a DCE cell

cellaliasPerforms cell aliasing and connection tasks. 

clearinghouse
Manages a clearinghouse in CDS

clockManages the clock on a local or remote host

csrcBuilds a DCE character and code set registry on a host

dce_config
Installs, configures, and starts up DCE

dcecpAdministrative interface for DCE management tasks

dcedThe DCE host daemon

directoryManages a name service directory

dtsManages a Distributed Time Service (DTS) daemon

endpointManages endpoint information in local maps

getcellname
Gets the primary name of the cell

getipGets a host’s IP address

groupManages a group in the DCE Security Service

hostManages host information in a DCE cell

hostdataManages a DCE host’s principal name and cell affiliation information

hostvarManages host-specific variables on the local DCE host. 

keytabManages server passwords on DCE hosts

linkManages a softlink in CDS

logManages serviceability routing and debug routing

nameCompares and expands DCE names

objectManages an object in the name service

organization
Manages an organization in the DCE Security Service

principalManages a principal in the DCE Security Service

registryManages a registry in the DCE Security Service

rpcentryManages a remote procedure call (RPC) name service entry

rpcgroupManages an RPC group entry in CDS

rpcprofileManages an RPC profile entry in CDS

secvalManages the security validation service on a host

serverManages DCE application servers

userManages user information in a DCE cell

utcAdds, compares, and converts Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) timestamps

uuidGenerates and compares Universal Unique Identifiers (UUIDs)

xattrschema
Manages schema information for extended registry attributes (ERAs)

See each command’s reference page for further information. 

Errors

Refer to the OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide for complete descriptions of all error messages. 

Related Information

Commands: account(8dce), acl(8dce), attrlist(8dce), aud(8dce), audevents(8dce), audfilter(8dce), audtrail(8dce), cds(8dce), cdsalias(8dce), cdscache(8dce), cdsclient(8dce), cell(8dce), cellalias(8dce), clearinghouse(8dce), clock(8dce), csrc(8dce), dce_config(8dce), dcecp(8dce), dced(8dce), directory(8dce), dts(8dce), endpoint(8dce), getcellname(8dce), getip(8dce), group(8dce), host(8dce), hostdata(8dce), hostvar(8dce), keytab(8dce), link(8dce), log(8dce), name(8dce), object(8dce), organization(8dce), principal(8dce), registry(8dce), rpcentry(8dce), rpcgroup(8dce), rpcprofile(8dce), secval(8dce), server(8dce), user(8dce), utc(8dce), uuid(8dce), xattrschema(8dce). 

Books: OSF DCE Administration Guide, OSF DCE Application Development Guide.