Creating the Master Registry Database
When you initially configure your cell's security server, the dce_config script invokes the dcelocal/bin/sec_create_db command to create the master replica. When sec_create_db creates a new master replica, it initializes its database with names and accounts. Note that you must be root to run sec_create_db.
The sec_create_db command also creates a registry configuration file, which is named dcelocal/etc/security/pe_site, that contains the cell name and network address of the master replica. This file supplies the binding address of the secd server to clients running on that machine, if the CDS is unavailable.
In the event that you ever need to create a new master registry database, you can invoke sec_create_db directly. Note that you must be root to run sec_create_db. Note also that it is highly unusual to recreate a master database, but you may need to recreate a slave database if the slave is destroyed. The following subtopics describe how to use the sec_create_db command.
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The sec_create_db Command Format