NOTE

Notes on Cell Administration

Enhanced CDS Browser

Enhanced CDS Browser

HP DCE/9000 supplies an enhanced version of the CDS Browser. The CDS Browser is a tool for viewing and editing the contents of a name space. It runs on workstations with windowing software based on the OSF/Motif user interface.

The HP DCE/9000 CDS Browser provides a superset of the functionality available in the OSF-supplied CDS Browser. Documentation for the product is provided in the form of context-sensitive online help.

The OSF DCE User’s Guide describes the OSF version of the CDS Browser. The HP CDS Browser provides more functionality, different icons, and online help.

Features of the HP DCE/9000 CDS Browser

The standard (OSF DCE) features for viewing the structure and contents of a name space enable you to:

Display the name space

Expand and collapse selected directories

Filter the name space display

Navigate the name space

Additional features available with the HP DCE/9000 CDS Browser enable you to manage and control the components of the CDS and the contents of the name space. The HP CDS Browser provides the functionality of the dcecp for cds* and acl objects, and some of the capabilities of dcecp for rpc objects. With the HP CDS Browser, you can:

Create, delete, and edit name space entries

View attributes of name space entries

View and edit ACL permissions of name space entries

View and set CDS Browser options

Manage replica locations

Log in to DCE

Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7

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