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 NAME

   dced_secval_stop - Stops the security validation service of
                      a specific host's dced

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <dce/dced.h>

   void dced_secval_stop( dced_binding_handle_t  dced_bh,
                          error_status_t         *status );

 PARAMETERS

   Input

   dced_bh
       Specifies the dced binding handle for the secval service on
       a specific host.

   Output

   status
       Returns the status code from this routine.  This status code
       indicates whether the routine completed successfully or, if
       not, why not.  The possible status codes are:

            error_status_ok
            dced_s_bad_binding
            dced_s_sv_not_enabled
            sec_acl_invalid_permission

 DESCRIPTION

   The dced_secval_stop() routine stops the security validation service
   (secval) of a specific host's dced.  This routine is typically used
   by managment applications.

   The secval service is commonly started by default when dced starts.
   The main use of dced_secval_stop() and dced_secval_start() is to
   force a refresh of the host principal credentials.  This is the only
   way to force certain registry changes made by the host principal
   (such as groupset membership) to be seen by processes running on the
   host.

   You can easily stop and then start the secval service with the
   following operations:

        dcecp -c secval deactivate
        dcecp -c secval activate

   It is not a good idea to remove the machine principal self
   credentials for an extended period of time because processes
   running as self will fail in their attempts to perform
   authenticated operations.

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Routines:   dced_secval_start
               dced_binding_create
               dced_binding_from_rpc_binding

   Commands: dced
             The secval object of dcecp

   Books: OSF DCE Application Development Guide.