NAME

gdad - Starts the GDA daemon

SYNOPSIS

gdad [-D] [-w route] [-b | -x]

OPTIONS

-DFor debugging use only. Causes the gdad process not to fork. 

-w routeRoutes serviceability messages. 

-bDisables BIND name resolution. 

-xDisables X.500 name resolution. 

DESCRIPTION

The gdad command starts the GDA daemon.  The Global Directory Agent (GDA) serves as a connection to the global naming environment. 

Privilege Required

You must log in as superuser (root). 

NOTES

This command is ordinarily executed by a DCE configuration or startup script.  You should use this command interactively only when a gdad fails to start automatically after a reboot, or if you want to restart gdad  after disabling it to perform a backup or do diagnostic work on the host system. 

EXAMPLE

To restart gdad, follow these steps:

     1.Log in to the system as superuser (root). 

     2.Verify that the dced and cdsadv processes are running. 

     3.Enter the following command to restart the gdad process:

# gdad

To stop the GDA, enter the following command: # kill pid where pid is the process identifier of the gdad process.

RELATED INFORMATION

Books: OSF DCE Administration Guide

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