OSF DCE Administration Guide--Introduction

Contents
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Preface .......................... viii
Audience .................... viii
Applicability ................... viii
Purpose .................... viii
Document Usage .................. ix
Related Documents ................. ix
Typographic and Keying Conventions ........... x
Problem Reporting ................. x
Pathnames of Directories and Files in DCE Documentation ..... x
Part 1. Introduction to DCE System Administration
Chapter 1. Introduction to DCE for Administrators ............ 1-1
1.1 Clients and Servers ................. 1-2
1.2 Remote Procedure Call ................ 1-2
1.3 The Cell .................... 1-2
1.4 The Namespace .................. 1-3
1.5 The Filespace .................. 1-4
1.6 Principals .................... 1-4
1.7 Access Control Lists ................ 1-4
1.8 Caching .................... 1-5
1.9 Replication ................... 1-5
Chapter 2. Global and Cell Considerations ............... 2-1
2.1 Establishing a Cell Name ............... 2-3
2.1.1 Establishing a GDS Cell Name ........... 2-3
2.1.2 Establishing a DNS Cell Name ........... 2-5
2.1.3 Establishing a Hierarchical Cell Name ......... 2-6
2.2 The Cell Namespace ................ 2-7
2.2.1 Determining Cell Boundaries ............ 2-7
2.2.2 Keeping Cells Stable .............. 2-7
2.2.3 Types of Cell Namespace Entries ........... 2-8
2.2.4 CDS Namespace Replication Considerations ....... 2-11
2.3 Planning for Access Control .............. 2-11
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