OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Creating and Using Extended Registry Attributes
where:
attr_name Is the fully qualified name of the attribute type to change.
new_option Is the option that specifies the changes.
The following sample command modifies the MVSname attribute to change its
annotation. Note that the fully qualified attribute type name must be supplied to the
command.
dcecp> xattrschema modify /.:/sec/xattrschema/MVSname -change \
{annotation {Use with version 2.3}}
32.2.3 Renaming Attribute Types
Use the dcecp xattrschema rename command to change the name of an extended
attribute. Enter the command in the following form:
xattrschema rename old_name -to new_name
where:
old_name Is the fully qualified extended attribute name to be changed.
new_name Is the new fully qualified extended attribute name.
The following example shows the xattrschema rename command used to change an
attribute name from log_name to MVSname.
dcecp> principal rename /.:/sec/xattrschema/log_name -to \
/.:/sec/xattrschema/MVSname
32.2.4 Deleting Attribute Types
Use the dcecp xattrschema delete command to delete an extended attribute. Be aware
that when you delete an attribute type you also delete all instances of that attribute type.
For example, assume that an instance of the MVSname attribute is attached to a
principal named delores. If you delete the MVSname attribute, you also delete the
instance of that attribute attached to delores.
To delete attribute types enter the command in the following form:
xattrschema delete attribute_name
where attribute_name is the fully qualified name of the attribute to be deleted.
For example, to delete the extended attribute named MVSname, the command would be
as follows:
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