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rpcentry delete

Removes the specified entry from the name service. The syntax is:

rpcentry delete entry_name_list

Description
The rpcentry delete operation removes the specified entry from the name service. The argument is a list of one or more names of server entries to be deleted. Returns an empty string on success. If the entry does not exist, an error is returned.

Privileges Required
To delete an entry, you need r (read) permission to the CDS object entry (the target name service entry). You also need d (delete) permission to the CDS object entry or to the parent directory.

Examples
The following command removes the entry /.:/LandS/anthro/Cal_host_2 from the local cell of the name service database:

dcecp> rpcentry delete /.:/LandS/anthro/Cal_host_2
dcecp>