The interfaces file format varies by platform. To edit your interfaces file, see the Open Client and Open Server Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows or Open Client and Open Server Configuration Guide for UNIX. The guides have a complete description of the interfaces file and how it is used by ct_connect and ct_ds_lookup on your platform.
The discussion here is a platform-independent overview of interfaces file entries and how they are used by Client-Library.
Table 2-24 summarizes the common components of an interfaces file entry.
Component |
Description |
|---|---|
Transport Address Values |
One or more addresses associated with the server name, in a platform-specific format. |
Retry Count Value |
UNIX platforms provide this component as an alternative to setting the CS_RETRY_COUNT connection property.
|
Loop Delay Value |
UNIX platforms provide this component as an alterative to setting the CS_LOOP_DELAY connection property.
|
Security Mechanisms |
A list of object identifier strings, each of which represents the global name of a security mechanism supported by the server. |
Use of CS_RETRY_COUNT is
recommended instead.