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Overview - Managing DCE Configurations

This topic describes how to use those dce_config functions that help you manage the installation and configuration process. These functions are as follows:

· START
To re-start DCE daemons

· STOP
To stop DCE daemons

· UNCONFIGURE
To remove entries for a configured client machine from the CDS namespace and from the Security database, essentially removing the client machine from the cell. Likewise, to remove a CDS server, GDA server, or replica Security server from the cell.

· REMOVE
To stop DCE daemons and remove any data files created by those daemons

The STOP and START functions provide convenient ways to stop and stop all DCE daemons. The UNCONFIGURE and REMOVE functions allow you to return a machine to its state before it was configured, in effect reversing the effects of the configuration.

Note that during an install and during a configuration, you are prompted for whether or not to remove the remnants of a previous configuration. If you do, it has the same effects as running the REMOVE function described in this topic.

The instructions given in this topic assume that you have installed and are using the administrative utilities and other tools provided in DCE R1.1. The use of programs supplied in earlier versions of DCE can cause problems or prevent you from doing what you want to do.

The remainder of this topic takes you through the steps to use the START, STOP, UNCONFIGURE and REMOVE\ functions. All the functions are chosen from the DCE Main Menu, described in Overview of the dce_config Script. With the exception of the UNCONFIGURE function, which can be run on a remote machine, all functions described in the topic must be run on the local machine.