Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.8

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About HP DCE/9000 Version 1.8
HP DCE Administration Tools
HP DCE Administration Tools
The administration tools are Account Manager, DCM (the Distributed
Configuration Manager), and the HP CDS Browser. The Account
Manager provides a graphical interface for creating objects in the DCE
registry and for administering the DCE registry. HP's DCE
Configuration Manager provides a graphical interface for configuring a
DCE cell; the HP DCE CDS Browser provides a graphical display for
browsing and editing the CDS name space.
All of the HP DCE Administration Tools have extensive online help.
You can invoke the HP DCE Account Manager and the HP CDS Browser
from SAM by selecting the DCE Cell Management icon.
HP DCE Account Manager
The Account Manager provides a graphical user interface for managing
the DCE Registry. With the Account Manager, you can:
• Create and manage users (principals with or without accounts)
• Create and manage groups and organizations
• Manage Registry Policy (Registry IDs, Tickets, Password and Account
policy)
• Create and manage Registry Attribute Types (Extended Registry
Attributes)
• Manage ACLs (Access Control Lists) on the above
HP DCE Account Manager Documentation
Documentation for the Account Manager is provided as online help.
You may also want to view the dcecp man pages. To read the DCE man
pages with the man command, you must include /opt/dce/usr/man in
your MANPATH shell environment variable.
Installing the Account Manager
The Account Manager is included in the DCE-ACCT-MGR fileset. You
must install this fileset on each system on which you want to run the
Account Manager.