README.TXT

CDS 
 
 
The directory samples\rpc\ns\cds contains the following files that 
describe the gateway protocol to the DCE Cell Directory Service (CDS): 
 
FILES 
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File               Description 
 
README.TXT         This readme file 
NSICLT.IDL[ACF]    Client-side interface 
NSISVR.IDL[ACF]    Server-side interface 
NSICOM.IDL[ACF]    Interface common to client and server 
NSIMGM.IDL[ACF]    Interface for management 
 
The OSF DCE environment uses the DCE Cell Directory Service 
(CDS) for its RPC name service. However, the OSF has not yet 
released a specification of the protocol used to access the 
CDS. To allow interoperation between DCE computers and RPC 
client applications that call RPC name service API 
functions, you must use a gateway to the DCE CDS. 
 
To help you develop such a gateway, Microsoft defines an 
interface for a gateway protocol in the files NSICLT.IDL, 
NSSVR.IDL, and NSICOM.IDL, and provides the client-side 
implementation of this gateway protocol in RPCNS.DLL. One 
such implementation of the server side gateway is currently 
available in the Digital Equipment Corporation DCE Starter 
Kit. 
 
To use the gateway so that your RPC application can 
interoperate with DCE RPC applications: 
 
1. Verify that the gateway is started on the DCE host 
 
2. Verify that the client is running the TCP/IP transport 
 
3. (Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95 only) Set the registry entry 
   Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\ServerNetworkAddress to a 
   string of the form "<ip address of gateway 1>; <ip address 
   of gateway 2>...", where <ip address of gateway n> is the ip 
   address of the nth gateway in the list. 
 
4. Set the following registry entries under Software\ 
   Microsoft\Rpc\NameService to the following values: 
 
   Entry            Value 
 
   Protocol         ncacn_ip_tcp 
   NetworkAddress   <ip addr gateway 1>; <ip addr gateway 2>... 
   Endpoint         <empty string> 
 
   To change registry entry settings on Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 95, 
   use the REGEDIT utility. On MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, 
   edit the text file RPCREG.DAT.