OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Administering a Multicell Environment
B
C
Transitive trust relationshp
between cell B and cell B/C/D
D
B and D
Rule 2:
No more than one direct trust peer relationship can be traversed by a transitive
trust relationship.
For example, in Figure 33-4, cells A, B, and C are peer cells. Cell A has a direct trust
peer relationship with cell B, and cell B has a direct trust peer relationship with cell C.
Cell A does not have a transitive trust relationship with cell C because to do so would
traverse more than one direct trust peer relationship (A to B and B to C).
Figure 33-4. Limited Direct Trust Peer Traversal in Transitive Trust
AB C
No transitive trust relationshp is possible between
cell A and cell C because that relationship must
traverse more than one direct trust link
direct
direct
Note that it is not required to traverse a direct trust peer relationship to have a transitive
trust relationship. In Figure 33-5, no direct trust peer relationships are traversed. In the
figure, a transitive trust relationship exists between the following:
• B_Division and C_Division and C_organization
• C_Division and B_Division and B_organization
Figure 33-5. Transitive Trust Without Direct Trust Peer Traversal
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