CDS User Interfaces
CDS has several entities that can be managed via user interfaces that are provided in DCE. A CDS entity is any individually manageable piece of the CDS software. CDS directories, soft links, and object entries are the most common entities that you manage with the DCE user interfaces. Some object entries, though, are normally managed through the client application that creates them.
The dcecp program provides many commands for managing CDS entities. Managing the DCE Directory Service contains information about these commands.
CDS also comes with one other user interface the browser
The browser is a tool for viewing the content and structure of a namespace. It runs on workstations with windowing software that is based on the OSF/Motifä graphical user interface. Using a mouse to manipulate pull-down menus, you can view the directory structure of a namespace, view child directories of a particular directory, view the object entries and soft links in a directory, and set a filter to display only object entries of a particular class. (For users who do not have windowing software, similar functions are available with both the dcecp.)
In addition to the dcecp and the browser, other DCE user interfaces allow access to and management of CDS names. For example, users can control access to CDS directories and their contents by using an ACL editor such as the dcecp acl object, which is supplied with the DCE Security Service. RPC application programmers can create server entries, groups, and configuration profiles in the cell's namespace with dcecp.