Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7

Planning and Conﬁguring HP DCE 1.7 6-17

HP-UX Integrated Login

Integrating DCE with HP-UX Integrated Login

When using passwd_import to set up accounts from /etc/passwd, be

aware that passwd_import:

• Creates accounts for all entries in /etc/passwd but marks the

accounts invalid. After using passwd_import, the cell administrator

must use dcecp to assign a password to each account and to mark

each account as valid.

• Does not create accounts from NIS information. However, you can run

passwd_import on the source ﬁle used to generate the NIS map to

import NIS information into DCE. You still have to mark valid and

assign a password to each imported account.

See the dcecp (8) , passwd_export (8), and passwd_import (8) man pages

or the OSF DCE Administration Guide—Core Components for more

information on importing and exporting account information, and on

creating and modifying DCE registry accounts.

Conﬁguring HP-UX Integrated Login with

DCE

To integrate DCE with HP-UX Integrated Login in each DCE cell

member system:

• Be sure that you have completed the steps in the previous section

“Preparing to Integrate DCE with HP-UX Integrated Login”.

• Follow the instructions given in the section entitled “Activating

HP-UX Integrated Login”. When issuing the command to activate

HP-UX Integrated Login, substitute the string “dce” for the required

tech_name ﬁeld when specifying the authentication policy.

If DCE is speciﬁed as the login technology, auth.adm performs the

following actions:

• Veriﬁes that the system is not conﬁgured with HP-UX Commercial

Security.

• Veriﬁes that a root account exists in the DCE Security Registry.

• Copies the root account entry in /etc/passwd to

/etc/opt/dce/ passwd_override.