DCE Control Program Operations for the DCE Security Service

Specific instructions for using DCE control program commands to create and maintain principals, groups, organizations, and accounts are given in Creating and Maintaining Principals, Groups, and Organizations and Creating and Maintaining Accounts.

DCE Control Program Operations for the DCE Security Service

Operation	Description
add	Adds a principal to a group or organization to a registry replica.
catalog	Displays the names of all the principals, groups, and organizations in a registry replica. For the registry itself, displays the master and slave replicas existing in a DCE cell.
check	Displays the permissions that a DCE ACL currently grants to a security principal.
checkpoint	Resets the registry checkpoint interval.
create	Creates a new principal, group, organization, or account in a registry replica. Also, creates a new entry for an ERA schema.
delete	Deletes a principal, group, organization, or account from a registry replica. For the registry itself, deletes a slave replica. For an ERA schema, deletes entries. For a DCE ACL, removes ACL entries.
designate	Changes which registry replica is the master.
destroy	Destroys the specified replica and its copy of the registry database.
disable	Disables the master replica of the registry for updates.
dump	Displays information on each replica of the registry existing in a cell.
enable	Enables the master replica of the registry for updates.
generate	Generates a random password for an existing registry account.
help	Displays help information about a principal, group, organization, account, ERA schema, or DCE ACL in a registry replica, or about the registry replica itself.
list	Displays the names of the principals belonging to a group or organization in a registry replica.
modify	Modifies the attribute information in a registry replica for a principal, group, account, ERA schema entry, DCE ACL entry, or for the registry itself. For an organization, also modifies the policy information.
operations	Displays the operations that can be performed by or on a principal, group, organization, account, ERA schema, DCE ACL, or registry replica.
permissions	Displays the permissions granted by a ACL on a protected DCE component.
remove	Removes one or more principals from a group or organization in a registry replica.
rename	Changes the name of a principal, group, organization, or ERA schema in a registry replica.
replace	Replaces the entire ACL on a DCE component or the address of a registry schema.
show	Displays information about the attributes of a principal, group, ERA schema entries, or DCE ACL entries. Also displays information about the policies for an organization, account, or registry replica.
stop	Stops a security server process.
synchronize	Instructs the slave replica of the registry to update its contents from the master replica.
verify	Checks if all of the registry's replicas are up-to-date.