OSF DCE Administration Guide - Introduction

• Preface
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  • Typographic and Keying Conventions

  • Problem Reporting

  • Path Names of Directories and Files in DCE Documentation

• Part 1. Introduction to DCE System Administration
  • Part 1 Topics

• Introduction to DCE for Administrators
  • Overview - Introduction to DCE for Administrators

  • Clients and Servers

  • Remote Procedure Call

  • The Cell

  • The Namespace

  • The Filespace

  • Principals

  • Access Control Lists

  • Caching

  • Replication

• Global and Cell Considerations
  • Overview - Global and Cell Considerations

  • Establishing a Cell Name
    • Establishing a Cell Name

    • Establishing a GDS Cell Name

    • Establishing a DNS Cell Name

    • Establishing a Hierarchical Cell Name

  • The Cell Namespace
    • The Cell Namespace

    • Determining Cell Boundaries

    • Keeping Cells Stable

    • Types of Cell Namespace Entries
      • Types of Cell Namespace Entries

      • CDS Namespace Entries

      • Security Namespace Entries

    • CDS Namespace Replication Considerations
      • CDS Namespace Replication Considerations

  • Planning for Access Control
    • Planning for Access Control

  • The Filespace
    • The Filespace

    • DFS Administrative Domains

    • DFS Administrative Lists

    • Determining the Roles of DFS Machines

    • Setting Up the DFS File Tree

    • Setting Up Filesets

    • Using @sys and @host Variables

• Client and Server Considerations
  • Overview - Client and Server Considerations

  • Requirements for DCE Client Machines
    • Requirements for DCE Client Machines

    • Files Installed on DCE Client Machines
      • Files Installed on DCE Client Machines

      • Minimum DCE Client

      • Full DCE Client

    • RPC Client Programs
      • RPC Client Programs

    • Security Service Client Programs
      • Security Service Client Programs

    • Audit Service Client Programs
      • Audit Service Client Programs

    • CDS Client Programs
      • CDS Client Programs

    • DTS Client Programs
      • DTS Client Programs

    • GDS Client Programs
      • GDS Client Programs

    • DFS Client Programs
      • DFS Client Programs

  • Requirements for DCE Server Machines
    • Requirements for DCE Server Machines

    • Files Installed on DCE Server Machines

    • DCE RPC Server Programs

    • Security Server Processes

    • Audit Server Processes

    • CDS and GDA Server Processes

    • DTS Server Programs

    • GDS Server Programs

    • DFS Server Programs

  • DCE Administration Utilities
    • DCE Administration Utilities

    • DCE Control Program

    • Security Service Administration Programs

    • CDS Administration Programs

    • GDS Administration Programs

    • DFS Administration Programs

    • Programs for DCE Remote Administration Machines

  • Application Development Environment Machine
    • Application Development Environment Machine

• Location of Installed DCE Files
  • Overview - Location of Installed DCE Files

  • The dceshared Subtree

  • The dcelocal Subtree

  • Conventional UNIX Directories

  • UNIX Permissions for DCE Subdirectories

• Overview of DCE Maintenance
  • Overview - DCE Maintenance

  • Starting Up DCE

  • Changing the Network Address of a DCE Machine

  • CDS Maintenance Tasks
    • CDS Maintenance Tasks

    • Monitoring CDS

    • Managing CDS

    • CDS Security and Access Control

  • GDS Maintenance Tasks
    • GDS Maintenance Tasks

    • Monitoring GDS

    • Managing GDS

    • Backing Up GDS Data Files

    • Changing Global Directory Configurations

  • DTS Maintenance Tasks
    • DTS Maintenance Tasks

    • Managing the Distributed Time Service

    • Modifying System Time

  • Security Service Maintenance Tasks
    • Security Service Maintenance Tasks

    • Managing the Security Service

    • Reconfiguring the Registry

  • DFS Maintenance Tasks
    • DFS Maintenance Tasks

    • Monitoring DFS Servers and Clients

    • Managing Filesets in a Cell

    • Backing Up Filesets

    • Reconfiguring the Cache Manager

    • DFS Security and Access Control

  • Shutting Down DCE
    • Shutting Down DCE

• Part 2. Configuring and Starting Up DCE
  • Part 2 Topics

• Overview of the dce_config Script
  • Overview - The dce_config Script

  • Starting the dce_config Script

  • Defaults

  • Messages and Message Logging
    • Messages and Message Logging

    • Error Messages

    • Warning Messages

    • Summary Messages

    • Detail Messages

    • Verbose Messages

    • Debug Messages

    • The dce_config log File

  • Exiting from dce_config
    • Exiting from dce_config

• Installing DCE
  • Overview - Installing DCE

  • Prerequisites
    • Prerequisites

    • The Install Tree Location

    • Machine Requirements

  • Installing DCE
    • Installing DCE

    • Beginning the Installation

    • Installation Prompts
      • Installation Prompts

      • Removing All Previous Installations

      • Specifying the Message Catalog Location

      • Verifying the zoneinfo Directory

      • Verifying the Ethernet Address

      • Installing OSF/1 Shared Libraries - For OSF/1 Machines Only

    • Performing the Installations
      • Performing the Installations

      • Installing the Master Security Server

    • Installing the CDS Servers
      • Installing the CDS Servers

    • Installing DTS Servers
      • Installing DTS Servers

    • Installing a GDS Server
      • Installing a GDS Server

    • Installing the DFS Servers
      • Installing the DFS Servers

    • Installing a DCE Client
      • Installing a DCE Client

    • Installing The Application Development Environment
      • Installing The Application Development Environment

    • Installing the Optional Utilities
      • Installing the Optional Utilities

    • Installing a Security Server Replica
      • Installing a Security Server Replica

    • Installing DFS Clients
      • Installing DFS Clients

• Configuring DCE
  • Overview - Configuring DCE

  • Prerequisites

  • Order of Configuration

  • Split Server Configurations

  • Clock Synchronization

  • Security and CDS Database Size

  • Accessing the DCE Configuration Menu
    • Accessing the DCE Configuration Menu

    • The Initial Privileged User

    • Specifying the Removal of Previous Configurations

  • Performing Initial Cell Configuration
    • Performing Initial Cell Configuration

    • Accessing the Initial Cell Configuration menu

    • Configuring the Master Security Server

    • Configuring the Initial CDS Server

    • Configuring a DTS Server
      • Configuring a DTS Server

      • Accessing the DTS Configuration Menu

      • Configuring Local Servers, Global Servers, and Clerks

      • Configuring a Time Provider on a DTS Server

  • Modifying ACLs on the Master Security Server
    • Modifying ACLs on the Master Security Server

  • Configuring Additional Servers
    • Configuring Additional Servers

    • Accessing the Additional Server Configuration menu

    • Configuring Additional CDS Servers
      • Configuring Additional CDS Servers

      • Possible Configuration Errors

      • Handling Configuration Error

    • Configuring Additional DTS Servers
      • Configuring Additional DTS Servers

    • Configuring DFS Servers
      • Configuring DFS Servers

      • Prerequisites

      • Configuring a System Control Machine

      • Configuring a File Server and a Private File Server

      • Configuring a DFS Fileset Location Database

    • Configuring GDA Servers
      • Configuring GDA Servers

      • Configuring GDA in a GDS Cell

      • Configuring GDA in a DNS Cell

    • Configuring Security Replicas
      • Configuring Security Replicas

    • Configuring and Unconfiguring a Password Management Server
      • Configuring and Unconfiguring a Password Management Server

      • Troubleshooting Password Management Configuration Errors

  • Configuring DCE Clients
    • Configuring DCE Clients

  • Configuring DFS Clients
    • Configuring DFS Clients

  • Configuring Auditing
    • Configuring Auditing

  • Building a Code Set Registry
    • Building a Code Set Registry

    • Creating the Code Set Registry Source File

    • Generating the Code Set Registry File

    • Adding Intermediate Code Sets

    • Example

• Managing DCE Configurations
  • Overview - Managing DCE Configurations

  • Starting DCE Daemons

  • Stopping DCE Daemons

  • Unconfiguring Client and Server Machines

  • Removing the Results of a Configuration

• Customizing the dce_config Processing
  • Overview

  • Automating dce_config Processing
    • Automating dce_config Processing

    • Using the Environment and Command Files

    • Sample Environment File

    • Sample Command File

  • Setting Environment Variables
    • Setting Environment Variables

    • The dce_config Environment Variables

    • The dfs_config Environment Variables

  • Controlling Message Logging
    • Controlling Message Logging

  • Using the dce_config Component Scripts
    • Using the dce_config Component Scripts

• Appendices
  • Appendix Topics

• The DCE Cell Namespace
  • Overview - The DCE Cell Namespace

  • The CDS Space
    • The CDS Space

    • The Top-Level CDS Directory

    • The CDS hosts Directory

    • The Host Daemon Directory

    • The CDS subsys Directory

  • The Security Space
    • The Security Space

    • The Top-Level Security Directory

    • The sec/group Directory

    • The sec/group/subsys Directory

    • The sec/principal Directory

    • The sec/principal/hosts Directory

• The Location of Installed DCE Files
  • Overview

  • The dceshared Subdirectories

  • The dcelocal Subdirectories

  • Conventional UNIX Directories