OSF DCE Administration Guide--Introduction

OSF DCE Administration Guide—Introduction

The dce_conﬁg script displays the following message:

S:****** Configuring initial cell...

and then the Initial Cell Conﬁguration menu.

Initial Cell Configuration ( on host_name )

1. Initial Security Server

2. Initial CDS Server

3. Initial DTS Server

98. Return to previous menu

99. Exit

selection:

Note: You can enter more than one selection at a time from the DCE

Conﬁguration Menu. Just be sure to separate the selections by spaces. For

example to conﬁgure the master Security server and the initial CDS server,

you would enter 12. This function can be especially useful if you have set

the environment variables described in Chapter 10.

8.7.2 Conﬁguring the Master Security Server

You must conﬁgure the master Security server before any other machine in the cell. As

part of the master Security server conﬁguration, dce_conﬁg creates the cell’s initial

privileged user and the registry database, which will contain users and accounts. Once

the master is in place, you can create Security server replicas on other machines.

To conﬁgure the master Security server:

1. At the DCE Initial Cell Conﬁguration menu, type 1 and press <RETURN>.

The dce_conﬁg script displays the following message:

S:****** Configuring initial Security Server...

The dce_conﬁg script prompts for the name of the cell in which the servers are

being conﬁgured:

Enter the name of your cell (without /.../):

2. Type the name of the cell and press <RETURN>.

The dce_conﬁg script displays the following message:

S:****** Starting dced...

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