Planning and Configuring HP-UX DCE 1.9

Chapter 6

Conﬁguring HP-UX DCE Cells

Conﬁguring Cells Using dce_conﬁg

• dce_com_env: Sets common DCE environment variables.

• dce_com_utils: Common internal routines used by DCE utilities.

• dce_config_env: Sets common environment variables used by dce_config.

• dce_config_utils: Common internal routines used by dce_config.

• /sbin/init.d/dce[start | stop]: Starts or stops HP-UX DCE daemons. Cannot be run remotely;

must be run on DCE client or server node.

• /etc/rc.config.d/dce: Read by /sbin/init.d/dce to determine which daemons to start.

dce_conﬁg Environment Variables

dce_config recognizes the following environment variables. If these environment variables are set and

exported before dce_config is run in interactive mode, possible corresponding prompts for information will

be skipped.

• CACHE_CDS_SERVER: Name of a CDS server in cell to cache. Need not be the initial CDS Server.

• CACHE_CDS_SERVER_IP: IP address of $CACHE_CDS_SERVER.

• CELL_ADMIN: Principal name of the Cell Administrator; either for an existing cell or for a to-be-conﬁgured

cell.

• CELL_ADMIN_PW: Password for the Cell Administrator, either for an existing cell or for a to-be-conﬁgured

cell.

• CELL_NAME: Name of your cell (without //).

• CHANGE_PW: This internal variable tracks whether dce_config receives the warning "Password must be

changed" to indicate the cell administrator password is the same as the default password. Initial value is

n; do not alter this initial value.

• CHECK_TIME: Set to y to have time checked and possibly synchronized; n otherwise. Default is y. If

dce_config is executed with a here-document, CHECK_TIME should be set to n since time checking uses

a telnet command that causes input from the here-document to be lost.

• CONFIG_PROTSEQ: Communication protocol used for some dce_config operations.This variable is set to

ncadg_ip_udp by default for use of the UDP protocol, which works in almost all cases. Change to

ncacn_ip_tcp only if TCP protocol routing is available.

• DEFAULT_MAX_ID: Maximum Unix ID value supported by DCE Security Registry. Can be set to any value.

Default value is 32767. A value larger than the default prevents accounts with IDs larger than 32767

from accessing DCE cells that use the default. A value smaller than the default prevents foreign accounts

with IDs larger than 32767 from accessing the cell.

• DEFAULT_PW: Default password used when the registry is created. Used only for logging in the cell

administrator for the ﬁrst time (within dce_config). A cell administrator can change the default by

editing the value of DEFAULT_PW in the script. Default is -dce-.

• DIR_REPLICATE: Supports replication of additional directories when conﬁguring additional CDS Servers.

If set to n, it will not prompt if additional directories need to be replicated.

• DISPLAY_THRESHOLD: Minimum priority log messages from dce_config that are written to stdout.

Default is SUMMARY. ERROR and WARNING messages are always displayed. Possible values, in priority

order: ERROR, WARNING, SUMMARY, DETAIL, VERBOSE, DEBUG.

• DO_CHECKS: Set to n to prompt when a non-fatal warning is encountered. Default is y.