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The Command File

The command file consists of install and config command lines that specify the component to install and, for DFS, the type of server.

A sample command file, config.cmd, is provided by OSF with the DCE source. You can copy the file and use it as supplied or you can use it as guide to creating your own environment file. The sample file is not copied to the install tree during DCE installation.

The install lines are in the form:

install component [dfs_server]

where:

component
Can be one of the following values:

sec
Master Security server binaries

cds
Initial CDS server binaries

gds
GDS server binaries

dts
DTS server binaries

client
DCE client binaries

sec-replica
Security replica binaries

appdev
IDL compiler and header files for use in DCE application development

cdsbrowser
CDS Browser utility

nidl_to_idl
A utility to convert files written in NIDL to files written in IDL

dfs_server
Specifies the type of DFS server to install. dfs_server is one of the following values:

client
DFS client

scm
System Control Machine

privatefs
Private File Server

fs
File Server

fldb
File Location Database Server

The config lines are in the form:

config component
{
client |
gda |
sec {client | server | replica} |
cds {client | server | replica} |
dts {clerk | local | global | ntp-provider | null-provider}
dfs {client | scm | privatefs | fs | fldb}
}

where:

component
Can be one of the following values:

· client - DCE client configuration

· gda - GDA configuration

· sec - Security configuration of any one of the following:

client - Security client machine

server - Security master server machine

replica - Security replica machine

· cds - CDS configuration of any one of the following:

client - CDS client machine

server - CDS initial server machine

replica - Additional CDS server machines

· dts - DTS configuration of any one of the following:

clerk - DTS clerk machine

local - DTS local server machine

global - DTS global server machine

ntp-provider - DTS NTP time provider machine

null-provider - DTS null time provider

· dfs - DFS configuration of any one of the following:

client - DFS client specify

scm - System Control machine

privatefs - Private File Server machine

fs - File Server machine

fldb - File Location Database Server machine