OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

OSF DCE Administration Guide—Core Components
The general format of all dcecp object operations is as follows:
dcecp> <object> <verb> [argument] [options]
In addition to all of the standard tcl commands, dcecp supports many commands
to administer DCE objects. A dcecp object or task represents a DCE entity.
All of the following dcecp objects and tasks require a verb:
account cdscache group organization user
acl cell host principal utc
attrlist cellalias hostdata registry uuid
aud clearinghouse keytab rpcentry xattrschema
audevents clock link rpcgroup
audfilter directory log rpcprofile
audtrail dts name secval
cdsalias endpoint object server
Miscellaneous commands perform specific functions. Type ’man <command>’ for
more information. These commands take no verb:
echo errtext login logout quit resolve shell
To list all dcecp objects: dcecp> help -verbose
To list all verbs an object supports: dcecp> <object> help
To list all options for an object operation: dcecp> <object> help <verb>
For verbose information on a dcecp object: dcecp> <object> help -verbose
For the manual page on a dcecp object: dcecp> man <object>
dcecp>
• If you just need to know which operations an object supports, use the
command
object operations
which returns a list of the actions you can take on an object. The
following example shows how to list the operations available for the
principal object:
dcecp> principal operations
create delete modify show catalog operations help
dcecp>
You can save typing by abbreviating this command to something like prin oper.
• Get more detailed help about an object and its operations by using the object help
command. The following example returns a 1-line description of each operation
supported by the principal object:
dcecp> principal help
catalog View a list of all the names of principals in the registry
create Create a dce principal
delete Delete a principal from the registry
modify Change the information about a principal
rename Rename the specified principal
show Returns an attribute list of the specified principal
help Print summary of command-line options and abort
operations Return valid operations for command
dcecp>
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