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 NAME

   dced_inq_id - Obtains the entry UUID that dced associates with
                 a name

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <dce/dced.h>

   void dced_inq_id( dced_binding_handle_t  dced_bh,
                     dced_string_t          name,
                     uuid_t                 *uuid,
                     error_status_t         *status );

 PARAMETERS

   Input

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

   name
       Specifies the name for which to obtain the uuid.

   Output

   uuid
       returns the UUID associated with the name input.

   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_index_type
            db_s_iter_not_allowed
            db_s_key_not_found
            dced_s_not_found
            sec_acl_invalid_permission

 DESCRIPTION

   The dced_inq_id() routine obtains the UUID associated with a name
   in a service of a specific host's dced.  Applications and
   administrators use strings maintained by dced to identify data,
   but dced and its API must associate each data entry with a UUID.
   This routine is valid for the host-data, srvrconf, srvrexec, and
   keytab services.

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

 EXAMPLES

   The following example establishes a dced binding to a host's
   server configuration service.  The example then obtains the
   UUID of some known server in order to read the server's
   configuration data.

        dced_binding_handle_t dced_bh;
        server_t              conf;
        dced_string_t         server_name;
        uuid_t                srvrconf_id;
        error_status_t        status;

        dced_binding_create( "srvrconf@hosts/patrick",
                             dced_c_binding_syntax_default,
                             &dced_bh,
                             &status );
        dced_inq_id( dced_bh, server_name, &srvrconf_id, &status );
        dced_object_read( dced_bh,
                          &srvrconf_id,
                          (void**)&(conf),
                          &status );
         .
         .
         .

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Routines:   dced_inq_name
               dced_binding_create
               dced_binding_from_rpc_binding

   Books: OSF DCE Application Development Guide.