The DCE configurator (called dce_config) is a shell-script-based
configuration tool, this enables you to run dce_config from within the
MPE/iX POSIX shell.
Check the following preliminary tasks before you enable the DCE configuration
main menu:
Ensure that the system network is running (RPC requires network
sockets).
Create an MPE/iX group named DCECONFG. At the system
prompt, enter:
NEWGROUP DCECONFIG
You must be in an MPE/iX group (that is, your working directory must
be an MPE/iX group not a POSIX directory) when you start the POSIX
shell that runs dce_config.
Perform the following steps to obtain the DCE Main Menu for configuring cells:
Log on to the console as MANAGER.SYS,DCECONFG. At the
system prompt, enter:
HELLO MANAGER.SYS,DCECONFG
Enter the POSIX shell. At the system prompt, enter:
sh.hpbin.sys -L
The shell prompt is displayed (for example, shell/iX>).
Ensure that /usr/bin is in your shell command search path.
At the shell prompt, enter:
export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
Bring up the DCE cofiguration Main menu. At the shell prompt, enter:
Figure 2-1 DCE Main Menu
From this menu you can configure your system as a DCE client or client system.
Configuring a DCE Client (Client-Only System)
A DCE client can not be configured without a functional DCE cell. In other
words, when you configure your machine as a DCE client, the DCE cell that you
are going to configure needs to be up and running. You need to know the name of
the cell and the names of the systems that the DCE servers (Security, CDS and
DTS) reside.
Before preceding with the DCE Client configuration, ensure that the
HOSTS.NET.SYS file in your machine contains the IP addresses for the
systems that are running as Servers. When complete, follow the description
in the "Startup the DCE Configuration" menu to bring up the DCE main
menu.
The following steps enable you to add your machine as a DCE client node:
Select "1. Configure Client" from the DCE Main
Menu.
Figure 2-4 Using LAN Profile Question
One DCE daemon job (cdsadv) is now running and you are
informed that this machine is now a CDS client.
To continue configuring the machine as a DTS clerk, DTS local
server, or DTS global server, respond to the question shown in
Figure 2-5 "Configuring Question".
Figure 2-5 Configuring Question
Once DTS daemon job (dtsd) is running, you are informed that
this machine is now a DTS clerk.
Select 99 to exit from dce_config.
WARNING! The password for the "cell_admin none none" user is a
well-known default value. Since this is a security hole, it is recommended that
the password be changed immediately after exiting this script by using
"dce_login", then the "rgy_edit change" command.
Removing the DCE Cell
To remove a cell, perform the following steps:
Bring up the DCE Main Menu (as described in "Using the DCE
Configuration Tool" earlier in this section).
Select "4. REMOVE" from the DCE Main Menu. The
dce_config tool displays the message as shown in
Figure 2-6 "Remove Message".
Figure 2-6 Remove Message
A "Yes" response stops all running DCE daemons in that
system, removes all remnants of previous DCE configuration and
removes all remnants of previous DCE configuration for all components.
NOTE: Existing user credentials will be invalid when DCE daemons
are stopped and restarted.