Specialized Naming Services
The DCE namespace is not contained entirely in the DCE Directory Service. Other system services contain parts of the namespace and some of them require their own specialized naming services, which supplement the DCE Directory Service. These include:
· The DCE host daemon
The DCE host daemon (dced) maintains a database of local data that is essential for operating in a DCE environment, such as the host's cell name. It also keeps a database of server configuration information that it uses to manage DCE server operation on a host, for example, starting or stopping a DCE server. An example of a name in the DCE host daemon part of the namespace is /.../cs.univ.edu/hosts/gunther/config/srvrconf/video_clip, where video_clip is the name of a DCE application server.
· The Security Service database
The security service keeps a database of DCE principals (users and servers) and information related to them such as their passwords. An example of a name in the security part of the DCE namespace is /.../cs.univ.edu/sec/principal/ziggy.
· The DFS Fileset Location Server Database
The fileset location server maintains a database that maps DFS filesets to the DFS file server machines they are kept on. An example of a name in the DFS part of the DCE namespace is /.../cs.univ.edu/fs/usr/ziggy.