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host configure

Configures a single machine named by the argument into an existing DCE cell. The syntax is:

host configure host_name -cell cell_name -client -secmaster
master_security_server_name -cds cds_server_name -password password
[-admin admin_principal] {-client | -server}

Options

-cell cell_name
Specifies the name of the cell in which the host is to be configured. The format is /…/cellname.

-client
Configures the host as a DCE client machine. The machine will be configured to run dced (including the secval service), a DTS clerk (dtsd), cdsadv, and auditid.

-server
Configures the host as a DCE server machine. This option is currently not supported.

-secmaster master_security_server_name
Specifies the hostname of the security master server in the form of hostname.

-cds cds_server_name
Specifies the host name of any CDS server in the form of hostname.

-password password
Specifies the password of the cell administrator.

-admin admin_principal
Optionally specifies the principal name of the cell administrator principal. It defaults to cell_admin.

Description
The host configure operation configures a single machine named by the host_name argument into a DCE cell. The cell must already exist and must have a security and naming service operating. The DCE software must already be installed on the machine. The host_name argument is the name of the local host machine without the cell name prepended, as in the following:

hosts/hostname

This operation returns an empty string on success.

Privileges Required
You must have root authority.

Examples
The following example configures host hydra in the cell /.../my_cell.goodco.com.

dcecp> host configure /.../my_cell.goodco.com/hosts/hydra -client \
-cell my_cell.goodco.com -password fstzkl -secmaster scylla \
-cds charybdis
dcecp>