Overview - The dce_config Script

The dce_config script (and the component scripts it invokes) are a tool for installing and configuring DCE machines. Using the menu-driven dce_config script you can perform the following tasks:

Install the DCE binaries on client and server machines

· Configure and start DCE servers

· Restart DCE servers

· Stop DCE servers

· Unconfigure DCE client machines by removing hosts from the CDS and Security databases

· Remove the data files created by DCE servers

Note: The dce_config script is supplied by OSF as part of the DCE offering. Your system vendor may provide an alternative method of installing the DCE software. If so, refer to the vendor's documentation for instructions on installing DCE software.

This topic is an overview of how to use dce_config. See Installing DCE and Configuring DCE for instructions on installing DCE binaries and configuring clients and servers. See Managing DCE Configurations for instructions on restarting, stopping, unconfiguring, and removing servers, and see Customizing the dce_config Processing for information on automating dce_config processing, dce_config environment variables, message logging control, and the dce_config component scripts.

This topic describes:

· How to start dce_config

· How dce_config displays defaults

· Messages displayed and logged by dce_config

· How to exit from the dce_config script