Use an interfaces file or a Directory Service to provide information about the servers in your installation.
The interfaces file contains network and security information for servers. To use security services, the interfaces file must include line for “secmech” that specifies the global identifier or identifiers of the security services you plan to use.
Adaptive Server supports Directory Services to keep track of information about servers. A Directory Service manages the creation, modification, and retrieval of information about network servers. The advantage of using a Directory Service is that you do not need to update multiple interfaces files when a new server is added to your network or when a server moves to a new address. To use security services with a Directory Service, you must define the secmech security attribute to point to one or more global identifiers of the security services you plan to use.
To specify the security mechanism or mechanisms:
If you are using the interfaces file, use the dscp utility.
If you are using a Directory Service, use the dscp_r utility.
The dsedit tool, which helps you
create entries for either the interfaces file
or a Directory Service, is available on UNIX platforms. However,
it does not support the creation of secmech entries
for security mechanisms.
For more information about dscp, see the Open Client/Server Configuration Guide for UNIX.
To provide information about the servers for your installation in the sql.ini file or a Directory Service, use the dsedit utility. This utility provides a graphical user interface for specifying server attributes such as the server version, name, and security mechanism. For the security mechanism attribute, you can specify one or more object identifiers for the security mechanisms you plan to use. For information about using dsedit, see the Open Client/Server Configuration Guide for Desktop Platforms.
