OSF DCE Administration Guide--Introduction

Chapter 6. Overview of the dce_conﬁg Script

The dce_conﬁg script (and the component scripts it invokes) are a tool for installing and

conﬁguring DCE machines. Using the menu-driven dce_conﬁg script you can perform

the following tasks:

• Install the DCE binaries on client and server machines

• Conﬁgure and start DCE servers

• Restart DCE servers

• Stop DCE servers

• Unconﬁgure DCE client machines by removing hosts from the CDS and Security

databases

• Remove the data ﬁles created by DCE servers

Note: The dce_conﬁg script is supplied by OSF as part of the DCE offering. Your

system vendor may provide an alternative method of installing the DCE

software. If so, refer to the vendor’s documentation for instructions on

installing DCE software.

This chapter is an overview of how to use dce_conﬁg. See Chapters 7 and 8 for

instructions on installing DCE binaries and conﬁguring clients and servers. See Chapter

9 for instructions on restarting, stopping, unconﬁguring, and removing servers, and see

the Chapter 10 for information on automating dce_conﬁg processing, dce_conﬁg

environment variables, message logging control, and the dce_conﬁg component scripts.

This chapter describes:

• How to start dce_conﬁg

• How dce_conﬁg displays defaults

• Messages displayed and logged by dce_conﬁg

• How to exit from the dce_conﬁg script

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