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Starting DCE Daemons

As part of configuring a machine, the dce_config script starts all configured daemons. The START function provides a convenient way of restarting all DCE daemons that have been successfully configured.

The START function invokes the /etc/rc.dce component script and, if DFS is installed on the machine, the /etc/rc.dfs component script. You can invoke these scripts directly. (The component scripts are described in Customizing the dce_config Processing.) In addition, you can start any DCE daemon manually using standard commands.

To use the START function to start all DCE daemons, at the DCE main Menu, type 3 and press <Return>.

The dce_config script attempts to start all daemons that have been configured on the machine. It displays what it is doing as it does it. When the daemons are started, dce_config returns the DCE Main Menu.

The following is a sample of the information displayed by dce_config after you select the START function on a server machine; for a client machine, the display is shorter because fewer daemons are started. Note that when you run this function, it may start some platform-specific daemons not shown in the sample display.

S:****** Attempting to start all configured DCE daemons...
/opt/dcelocal/bin/dced
/opt/dcelocal/bin/secd
/opt/dcelocal/bin/cdsadv
/opt/dcelocal/bin/cdsd
/opt/dcelocal/bin/dtsd
/opt/dcelocal/bin/dts_null_provider -p 60 -i 100
S:****** Successfully started all configured DCE daemons.