About HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7

HP DCE/9000 Core Services Software

•The DCE cell diagnostic tool dceping.

•An enhanced version of the OSF CDS browser (cdsbrowser), which has been ported to Release 6 of the X11 Windows system and the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). The browser is accessible through SAM. See the CDS Browser online help (accessible via the CDS Browser Help menu) for details.

•Two sets of tools for developing DCE applications are available as separately priced options to HP DCE/9000. For DCE application development in C, HP DCE/9000 Application Development Tools includes a modified IDL compiler (I2DL), tracing and logging facility, error reporting facility, and sample applications. For DCE application development in C++, HP DCE/9000 Object-Oriented DCE (HP OODCE) includes an IDL++ compiler, tracing and logging facility, C++ class library, sample applications, include files, and modified header files for C++ application development.

•cdsclerk (new at HP DCE 1.5) no longer runs as separate processes. cdsclerk functionality has been merged into the cdsadv process. cdsadv, therefore, is now the only HP DCE CDS client process.

•HP’s dced (new at HP DCE 1.5) supports the new -roption. This option starts dced in remote-update mode, which allows DCE cell administration tasks to be performed by an administrator on a remote machine. In order to help prevent attacks, the dced default behavior is to disallow any remote administration.

•HP has enhanced the dcecp registry connect command with two new options that support intercell login:

-acctvalidMarks the local cell account as a valid account. A valid local cell account allows users from the foreign cell to login to nodes in the local cell. The default is invalid.

-facctvalidMarks the foreign cell account as a valid account. A valid foreign cell account allows users from the local cell to login to nodes in the foreign cell. The default is invalid.

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