Configuring a DCE Host in a Cell
Once DCE software has been installed on a host, you can configure the local host as a DCE client machine by using a host configure operation. You must have root or system administrator privileges on the local host to execute a host configure operation.
You can read more about requirements for DCE server and client systems in the OSF DCE Administration Guide - Introduction .
Note that you cannot configure DCE servers such as a DCE Security Service registry or a CDS server by using a host configure operation. Instead, use the DCE Installation and Configuration program to configure DCE servers in your cell.
Before configuring a DCE client system be sure the DCE software has been installed on the host. For information about installing DCE, refer to your DCE installation instructions or the OSF DCE Administration Guide - Introduction.
To configure a DCE client system, perform the following steps:
1. Log into a privileged account (root or system administrator) on the host to be configured.
2. Start the DCE control program and perform a host configure -client operation. Include an argument specifying the cell-relative name of the local host being configured. The operation adds this name to CDS. Use required options to specify the host names where the master security server and a CDS server are running. Other required options are -administrator which specifies the principal name of the person configuring the host (usually the cell administrator) and -password followed by the administrator's password.
The following example shows configuring host ptarmigan as a DCE client system. The cell's security server is on host eagle and the CDS server is on host owl. The administrator's principal name is cell_admin and the administrator's password is -dce-.
dcecp> host configure /.:/hosts/ptarmigan -client -secmaster eagle -cds owl \
Ø -administrator cell_admin -password -dce-
Ø dcecp>