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Managing DCE Security for HPDPS

8 Managing DCE Security for

HPDPS

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) is an application that

allows the secure use and administration of distributed applications such

as HP Distributed Print Service (HPDPS). HPDPS optionally uses DCE

for security services when executing in a DCE cell. HPDPS must be

conﬁgured to execute in the DCE Extended Environment in order to use

DCE security services.

Managing DCE security is similar to managing UNIX security. As an

administrator of DCE, you create groups, which have certain

permissions in relation to HPDPS objects. Each user who has an account

with a group has the permissions for the group when the user is logged

in to DCE. A DCE group that has read, write and delete permission for

an HPDPS object, such as a spooler or a queue, is similar to a UNIX

group that has read, write, and execute permission for a UNIX

directory or ﬁle. Unlike UNIX write permission, DCE write permission

allows you to modify, but not delete, an object.