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 NAME

   dced_server_start - Starts a DCE-configured server on a
                       specified host

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <dce/dced.h>

   void dced_server_start( dced_binding_handle_t  dced_bh,
                           uuid_t                 *conf_uuid,
                           dced_attr_list_t       *attributes,
                           uuid_t                 *exec_uuid,
                           error_status_t         *status );

 PARAMETERS

   Input

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

   conf_uuid
       Specifies the UUID that dced uses to identify the server to
       start.  If the value input is that of a server that is
       already running, dced starts a new instance.

   attributes
       Specifies the configuration attributes to use to start the
       server.  If the value is NULL, the default configuration
       defined in dced is used.

   Input/Output

   exec_uuid
       Specifies a new UUID for dced to use to identify the running
       server.  If a NIL UUID is input, a new UUID is created and
       returned.  If the value input is that of a server that is
       already running, dced starts a new instance and returns a
       new value.

   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
            db_s_bad_header_type
            db_s_iter_not_allowed
            db_s_key_not_found
            db_s_readonly
            db_s_store_failed
            dced_s_bad_binding
            dced_s_no_support
            dced_s_not_found
            dced_s_sc_cant_fork
            dced_s_sc_invalid_attr_type
            dced_s_sc_open_file_failed
            sec_acl_invalid_permission
            uuid_s_bad_version

 DESCRIPTION

   The dced_server_start() routine starts DCE-configured servers on
   a specific remote host (or the local host).  The configuration
   data is stored in an object in the srvrconf service of dced.
   When the server starts, dced uses the server configuration object
   and creates a server execution object in the srvrexec service.
   A server execution object consists of data that describes the
   executing server.

   Management applications create the configuration data by using
   the dced_server_create() use the dced_object_read() routine to
   read the configuration or execution data.

   Prior to calling dced_server_start(), the application must have
   established a valid dced binding handle to the srvrconf service
   by calling either dced_binding_create() or
   dced_binding_from_rpc_binding().

 EXAMPLES

   The following example starts a configured server using a nil UUID
   as input for the executing server.

        dced_binding_handle_t conf_bh;
        dced_string_t         server_name;
        uuid_t                srvrconf_id, srvrexec_id;
        error_status_t        status;

        dced_binding_create( "srvrconf@hosts/patrick",
                             dced_c_binding_syntax_default,
                             &conf_bh,
                             &status );
        dced_inq_id( conf_bh, server_name, &srvrconf_id, &status );
        uuid_create_nil( &srvrexec_id, &status );
        dced_server_start( conf_bh,
                           &srvrconf_id,
                           NULL,
                           &srvrexec_id,
                           &status );
         .
         .
         .

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Routines:   dced_server_create
               dced_server_stop
               dced_binding_create
               dced_binding_from_rpc_binding

   Commands: server

   Books: OSF DCE Application Development Guide.