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Conference tuxedo::dce-products

Title:DCE Product Information
Notice:Kit Info - See 2.*-4.*
Moderator:TUXEDO::MAZZAFERRO
Created:Fri Jun 26 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2269
Total number of notes:10003

2220.0. "What is CDS advertiser for ?" by WING::OKUBO (CEM/PSC PS1-2 Yasuchika Okubo���DTN:8-699-3692��) Mon Apr 14 1997 06:17

Hello.

I have a question of CDS advertiser.
What is CDS advertiser for ?
How CDS advertiser works ?

Regards,
Yasuchika Okubo

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2220.1quick answersTUXEDO::ZEEThere you go.Mon Apr 14 1997 19:1220
>What is CDS advertiser for ?

The advertiser has several tasks, depending on the OS:

- Initialize clerk cache, flush cache to disk

- Solicits and broadcasts CDS server advertisements on the LAN

- Manages CDS clerk entity (clerk counters, cached servers, disable)

- On UNIX, creates cdsclerk processes for user


>How CDS advertiser works ?

Hopefully very well ;^)  If you have a specific question on one of the
above tasks, please ask.  As with most DCE daemons, it is multithreaded
and makes DCE RPC and security calls as it is a DCE application as well.

--Roger
2220.2CDS adv on WNT ?WING::OKUBOCEM/PSC PS1-2 Yasuchika Okubo���DTN:8-699-3692��Tue Apr 15 1997 02:2418
Thanks, Roger.

>- On UNIX, creates cdsclerk processes for user

I am using Digital DCE v1.1 on WindowsNT 4.0 now.
I suppose that CDS clerk process is not up on WNT.
How CDS advertiser works on WindowsNT 4.0 ?

I have one more question.
Does rpcss process (Remote Procedure Call Service) on WNT perform 
same part as rpcd on Unix(endpoint mapper) ?


Regards,
Yasuchika Okubo


2220.3TUXEDO::ZEEThere you go.Tue Apr 15 1997 12:1716
>I suppose that CDS clerk process is not up on WNT.
>How CDS advertiser works on WindowsNT 4.0 ?

DCE on NT uses an inline CDS clerk (part of libdce.dll), so the
clerk code is running in the address space of the DCE application.
Also, instead of one clerk cache (on UNIX), it is divided into
a global shared cache and private user caches.  Other than
these differences, the CDS advertiser on NT still performs the
duties listed in .1.

>Does rpcss process (Remote Procedure Call Service) on WNT perform 
>same part as rpcd on Unix(endpoint mapper) ?

Yes, rpcss is Microsoft's endpoint mapper, which DCE uses.

--Roger