OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Performing Routine Maintenance
Note: If you are restoring only a master key file and have not changed the master
key, you can simply copy the master key file from the backup media
without performing all of the other steps that are in the restore procedures.
36.6 Setting the _s(sec) Variable
You can supply the name of the registry site to bind to as an argument to the dcecp
commands that operate on the registry. If you do not supply a name, the command binds
to the replica named in the _s(sec) variable. If this variable is not set, the command
binds to the cell’s master replica. You can set the _s(sec) variable and then use that
replica as the default replica for dcecp registry commands. To do so, use the set
command as shown in the following sample that sets the default replica to the master
replica (named slave_3) in the cell giverny.com:
dcecp> set _s(sec) /.../giverny.com/subsys/dce/sec/slave_3
The name of the new default replica that you supply as an argument to the set command
can be in any of the following forms:
• A cell name (for example, /.../dresden.com)
If you enter a cell name, the named cell becomes the default cell. The DCE control
program randomly chooses a replica to bind to in the named cell, and that replica
becomes the default replica.
• The global name given to the replica when it was created (for example,
/.../dresden.com/subsys/dce/sec/rs_server_250_2)
A global name identifies a specific replica in a specific cell. That cell becomes the
default cell, and that replica becomes the default replica.
• The replica’s name as it appears on the replica list of the current default replica (that
is, its cell-relative name; for example, subsys/dce/sec/rs_server_250_2)
That replica becomes the default replica, and the cell in which the replica exists
becomes the default cell.
• The network address of the host on which the replica is running (for example,
ncadg_ip_udp:15.22.144.248)
The replica on that host becomes the default replica, and the cell in which the host
exists becomes the default cell.
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