OSF DCE Administration Guide--Introduction

Configuring DCE
The dce_config script displays the following prompt:
Enter keyseed for initial database master key:
3. Type in the text string for the "keyseed," which is a temporary DES key that is
used to generate the registry’s master key (the key that the registry will use for
account key creation). Press <RETURN>.
The text you enter should not be easily guessed. Note that it is not displayed as
you type it.
The dce_config script prompts:
Enter desired principal name for the Cell Administrator: (cell_admin)
Type the name of the principal who will be the initial privileged user of the
registry database (known as the "registry creator") and press <RETURN>. You
will use the account created by dce_config for the principal you name here to log
in to the DCE during subsequent component configurations.
The dce_config script prompts:
Enter desired password for the Cell Administrator:
4. Type the password to be assigned to the initial privileged user account and press
<RETURN>. Note that if you use the default password, -dce- you should change it
to a more secure password after DCE configuration is complete.
The dce_config script prompts for the password again to ensure it is correct:
Re-enter desired password:
5. Type the password again and press <RETURN>.
The dce_config prompts:
S:****** The current highest UNIX ID for persons on this node is 30124.
Enter the starting point to be used for UNIX ID’s that
are automatically generated by the Security Service
when a principal is added using "rgy_edit": (30224)
6. Type a UNIX ID number that will be used as the principal UNIX ID at which the
Security server will start assigning automatically generated principal UNIX IDs
and press <RETURN>. The default is the value of the highest principal UNIX ID
on the machine being configured, incremented by the value of the UID_GAP
environment variable. Although the value you supply is not required to be higher
than the machine’s highest principal UNIX ID, if you supply a value that is less
than or equal to the highest currently used principal UNIX ID, dce_config issues a
warning message and prompts you to reenter the UNIX ID.
The dce_config script prompts:
S:****** The current highest UNIX ID for groups is 26.
Enter the starting point to be used for UNIX ID’s that
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