OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Restructuring a Namespace
dcecp> principal modify northeast/marketing/inbound/newname -alias no
If the parent’s new primary name is not a name that the children recognize as an alias
for their parent, you must take the following steps:
1. Create the new parent primary name/child simple name combination as a cell
name alias for the child. Do this in the child cell with the dcecp cellalias create
for each child.
2. On each child, use the dcecp cellalias set command to establish this name as the
child’s new primary name.
3. On each child, change the cell principal’s primary name to the new primary cell
name (as described earlier in this section).
See Chapter 6 for more information on creating cell name aliases and changing cell
names with the dcecp cellalias command. See the cellalias(8dce) and principal(8dce)
reference pages for a complete description of cellalias and principal command syntax.
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