Planning and Configuring HP-UX DCE 1.9

Chapter 2
About HP-UX DCE Version 1.9
HP-UX DCE Administration Tools
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HP-UX DCE Administration Tools
The administration tools are Account Manager, Distributed COnfiguration Manager (DCM), 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-UX DCE CDS Browser provides a graphical display for browsing and editing
the CDS name space.
All of the HP-UX DCE Administration Tools have extensive online help.
You can invoke the HP-UX DCE Account Manager and the HP CDS Browser from SAM by selecting the DCE
Cell Management icon.
HP-UX 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-UX DCE Account Manager Documentation
Documentation for the Account Manager is provided as online help.
You may also want to view the dcecp manpages. To read the DCE manpages 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.
NOTE The Account Manager requires a bit-mapped display; it does not run on ASCII terminals. Also,
small bit-mapped displays (such as some PC displays), which may cut off portions of dialog
boxes, are unsupported.
Running the Account Manager
If you are running the Account Manager locally, you do not need to set the DISPLAY environment variable
($DISPLAY). If you are running the Account Manager from a remote machine, however, use the following
command to set the DISPLAY environment variable to the local machine:
export DISPLAY= localhostname :0.0
If $DISPLAY is not set, the following warning displays:
Warning: You are viewing the Account Manager using a remote X display. Passwords and other confidential
information will pan over the network in clear text, and may be seen by network pirates. You may wish to
exit the Account Manager and run it from a local X display.