The dcelocal Subdirectories

The dcelocal Subtree

The following directories are created in the dcelocal subtree during installation.

· dcelocal/bin
This directory contains DCE administration utilities and server processes (daemons), which are necessary for local client system initialization and for server machines.

· dcelocal/etc
This directory contains local (machine-private) configuration files, which are maintained by client machines. This directory has write permission for the local system administrator only.

· dcelocal/var/adm/dce-component-name
This directory contains log files (including core images) and cache files maintained by client machines. For convenience, symbolic links from /var/adm/dce/client/dce-component-name are created. This directory has write permission for the local system administrator only.

· dcelocal/var/dce-component-name
This directory contains all data files (configuration files, databases, and so forth) that are maintained by each of the DCE servers. To provide high availability and (in case of the Security Service) appropriate protection, data files associated with a service are usually physically located at the server site. Therefore, they are stored in separate trees under dcelocal/var.

Files in dcelocal/var/dce-component-name are only those that are accessed by dedicated servers. This directory has write permission for the service administrator only.

Configuration and log files relative to client machines are not stored here. These files are in dcelocal/etc and dcelocal/var/adm.

· dcelocal/var/dce-component-name/adm
This directory contains server log files and cache files, which are maintained by server machines. This subdirectory needs to be maintained by each service to store the log and cache files. Because users sometimes expect log files in conventional locations, /var/adm/dce/dce-component-name is created as a symbolic link to these directories. This directory has write permission for the service administrator only.