OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Using the DCE Control Program Command Language

2. If the operation lacks a name argument, use the server named in

the _s(sec) variable.

3. If the_s(sec) variable has not been set, use the server named in the

_b(sec) variable.

4. If the_b(sec) variable has not been set (that is, this is the ﬁrst

registry operation since dcecp was initialized), the service

provides an arbitrary server that is suitable for the operation.

_s(cds) This variable holds the name of the CDS server you want to use for the

next directory service operation. When set, CDS operations attempt to

use the speciﬁed server. The operation fails if the attempt is

unsuccessful such as when the server is unavailable for some reason. To

overcome such a failure, you must unset this variable or make the server

available.

It makes sense to use the _s(cds) variable when all of your application

needs can be satisﬁed by the clearinghouse named in the variable.

Consider not using the _s(cds) variable when name lookups in CDS are

likely to traverse directories in several clearinghouses. In this case,

you’ll get lookup errors because the _s(cds) variable limits the lookup

operation to using just the named clearinghouse.

_s(dts) This variable holds the name of the DTS server you want to use for the

next time service operation. When set, DTS operations attempt to use

the speciﬁed server. The operation fails if the attempt is unsuccessful

such as when the server is unavailable for some reason. To overcome

such a failure, you must unset this variable or make the server available.

One use of this variable is to restrict DTS operations to a single DTS

server for monitoring purposes. Normally, time service operations can

use any available DTS server.

_s(aud) This variable holds the name of the audit daemon you want to use for the

audit operation. By default, audit operations affect the local host’s audit

daemon. You can operate on a remote host’s audit daemon by specifying

its name as the value of the _s(aud) variable, as follows:

dcecp> set _s(aud) /.:/hosts/planets/audit-server

/.:/hosts/planets/audit-server

dcecp>

When _s(aud) is set, audit operations attempts to use the speciﬁed audit

daemon. The operation fails if the attempt is unsuccessful such as when

the speciﬁed audit daemon is unavailable for some reason. To overcome

such a failure, you must unset this variable or make the audit daemon

available.

You can specify a DCE server or audit daemon as any of the following:

• A DCE name. An example of a global registry name is

/.../my_cell.goodco.com/subsys/dce/sec/master. An example of a cell-relative CDS

clearinghouse name is /.:/Paris_CH.

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