OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Contents
11.5.2 GDS Names ................11-11
11.5.3 DNS Names ................11-14
11.5.4 Names Outside of the DCE Directory Service ......11-15
Chapter 12. CDS Concepts .................... 12-1
12.1 How CDS Works ................. 12-1
12.2 Replicas and Their Contents .............. 12-3
12.2.1 Object Entries ............... 12-4
12.2.2 Soft Links ................. 12-5
12.2.3 Child Pointers ............... 12-5
12.2.4 Summary ................. 12-6
12.3 Security in the Cell Directory Environment ......... 12-6
12.4 CDS User Interfaces ................ 12-8
Chapter 13. How CDS Looks Up Names ................ 13-1
13.1 Translating from Names to Resources ........... 13-1
13.2 How CDS Finds Names ............... 13-5
13.2.1 The Solicitation and Advertisement Protocol ...... 13-6
13.2.2 Lookups ................. 13-6
13.2.3 The cdscache create Command .......... 13-6
Chapter 14. How CDS Updates Data ................. 14-1
14.1 Update Propagation ................ 14-1
14.2 Skulk Operation ................. 14-1
14.3 How Timestamps Help Keep Data Consistent ......... 14-2
Chapter 15. Managing the DCE Directory Service ............. 15-1
15.1 Using the DCE Control Program ............. 15-1
15.1.1 CDS Managed Objects ............. 15-1
15.1.2 DCE Control Program Operations for CDS ....... 15-2
15.1.3 CDS Object Attributes ............. 15-3
15.2 Using the CDS Control Program ............. 15-4
15.2.1 Starting and Exiting .............. 15-4
15.2.2 DCS Control Program Commands ......... 15-4
Chapter 16. Controlling Access to CDS Names .............. 16-1
16.1 Overview of DCE Authorization for CDS .......... 16-1
16.2 ACL Types Supported by CDS ............. 16-2
16.3 How Permissions Propagate to CDS Directories and Their
Contents .................... 16-3
16.4 ACL Entry Types Used for Principals ........... 16-3
16.5 DCE Permissions Supported by CDS ........... 16-5
16.6 Controlling Access to CDS Clerk and Server Management
Operations ................... 16-6
16.7 Control Program Commands and Required Permissions ...... 16-7
16.8 Editing ACLs on CDS Names .............16-10
16.9 How CDS Servers Gain Access to the Namespace .......16-11
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