glb_site.txt(4)
NAME
glb_site.txt − file listing possible Global Location Broker sites
SYNOPSIS
/etc/ncs/glb_site.txt (Apollo Domain/OS workstations at SR10.2 or later)
/etc/ncs/glb_site.txt (HP-UX systems and other UNIX-like systems)
ncs$exe:glb_site.txt (VMS systems)
\ncs\glb_site.txt (MS-DOS systems)
DESCRIPTION
The glb_site.txt file lists the network addresses of hosts where a Global Location Broker (GLB) daemon may be running.
There are two versions of the GLB daemon: glbd and nrglbd. The replicatable version, glbd, is provided only for Domain/OS, HP-UX, SunOS, and ULTRIX systems. For other systems, the non-replicatable version, nrglbd, is used. The two versions of the daemon should not coexist on a network. (For HP-UX systems, which may have both glbd and nrglbd, using only glbd is strongly recommended.)
Ordinarily, programs contact a GLB by broadcasting on the local network. However, some systems do not support broadcasting. Also, in certain internet configurations, not every network can have a GLB. (This typically occurs in internets that use nrglbd, but it can also occur in an internet that uses glbd if not all networks include a host that can run a glbd.) For hosts that cannot locate a GLB via broadcast, the glb_site.txt file provides a list of addresses where the host can try to directly contact a GLB.
Each line in glb_site.txt contains a network address where a GLB may be running. Hosts that have a glb_site.txt file try these addresses in order. Each address has the following form:
family:host
The family is the textual name of an address family. Possible values include ip and dds.
host is a host name. A leading # can be used to indicate that the host name is in the standard numeric form (such as #192.9.8.7 or #515c.111g).
Blank lines and lines beginning with # are ignored.
If a host has a glb_site.txt file but does not find a GLB at any of the addresses listed in the file, the host then tries to locate one via broadcast.
See Managing NCS Software for information about Location Broker configuration.
EXAMPLE
The following are sample glb_site.txt files for the IP and DDS address families:
ip:piglet
ip:#192.9.8.7
dds://owl
dds:#135f.132a
SEE ALSO
Managing NCS Software
Hewlett-Packard Company — HP-UX Release 8.05: June 1991