Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.8

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About HP DCE/9000 Version 1.8
HP DCE Administration Tools
• If you wish to read in names from a file, or retrieve a partial listing
(such as all users in group XXX), select Options/Specify List.
3. If the retrieval of large lists degrades Account Manager performance,
you may wish to assist the Account Manager by retrieving the list
during an off-time using the dcecp command and saving the list to a
file. This file could be generated automatically (for example, nightly
by a cron job).
Here is a sample script to retrieve and sort the DCE users list:
dcecp -c "principal catalog -simplename" | sort > usrlist
Once the list has been retrieved, you can read in the list to the
Account Manager display from a file. In this case, you must first do
step 2 above to set the Preferences dialog; if you do not set the
Preferences dialog, the Account Manager will automatically begin to
retrieve all objects when you navigate to an object area. Then you
navigate to the object area, for example, User Management. To load
the list from the local file, select Options/Specify List. In the Specify
Users List dialog, select the option "From File" to read in the list.
Account Manager Limitations and Exceptions
The following are limitations and exceptions to Account Manager at HP
DCE 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8:
• User inputs for defining and attaching Registry Attribute types may
cause improper tool operation if the inputs contain the following
special characters:
For other inputs (for example, defining user names and group names),
the quote and backslash may cause problems. An example of an
illegitimate iname is: \dos\dir.
• The Account Manager is not internationalized.
• Descriptive text for Registry Attribute Types is currently limited to
three lines of text. The tool provides no way to view descriptions
{ left curly brace
} right curly brace
[ left square bracket
] right square bracket
" double quotation mark
\ backslash