OSF DCE Administration Guide--Introduction

Conﬁguring DCE

selection:

Note that if you have not been authenticated as the initial privileged user of the registry

database in the current dce_conﬁg session, dce_conﬁg prompts you for the privileged

user’s name and password before it displays the Additional Server Conﬁguration menu.

The following subsections describe the steps to conﬁgure each type of additional server

in order as they appear on the Additional Server Conﬁguration menu.

8.8.2 Conﬁguring Additional CDS Servers

When you conﬁgure additional CDS servers, you create replicas of the clearinghouse

database created during the conﬁguration of the initial CDS server. Replicas are useful

to ensure the availability of name information when the machine on which the initial

CDS server runs is unavailable. A CDS server replica must be created on a different

machine than the one on which the master CDS server resides.

To conﬁgure the additional CDS servers:

1. At the Additional Server Conﬁguration menu, type 1 and press <RETURN>.

Note: If you attempt to conﬁgure an additional CDS server on the node

where the master CDS server is located, the dce_conﬁg script

returns and error message, and you must start again.

The dce_conﬁg script displays the following messages:

S:****** Configuring additional CDS server.

S:****** Waiting for node self-identity to be established...

Then the dce_conﬁg script starts the CDS client daemon, and prompts:

What is the name for this clearinghouse?

2. Type the name to be assigned to the CDS clearinghouse and press <RETURN>.

(The name assigned to the initial clearinghouse is in the form machine_name_ch.

You may want to continue this convention in naming clearinghouse replicas.)

The dce_conﬁg script displays the following messages:

S:****** Initializing the name space for additional CDS

Server...

S:****** Setting ACLs for the CDS clearinghouse /.:/host_ch...

and then prompts:

Should more directories be replicated? (n)

3. At this point, you have two choices:

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