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 NAME

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

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <dce/dced.h>

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

 PARAMETERS

   Input

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

   uuid
       Specifies the UUID for which to obtain the name.

   Output

   name
       Returns the name associated with the uuid 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
            uuid_s_bad_version

 DESCRIPTION

   The dced_inq_name() routine obtains the name associated with a
   UUID in a service of a specific host's dced.

   A name is a label for each data entry to help applications and
   administrators identify all data maintained by dced.  The dced
   requires UUIDs to keep track of the data it maintains.  But it
   also maintains a mapping of UUIDs to names so that other
   applications and administrators can more easily access the data
   by using a recognizable name rather than a cumbersome UUID.  A
   name is a label for hostdata items, srvrconf and srvrexec servers,
   and keytab tables.

   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 handle to the
   local host data service, reads an entry, and uses dced_inq_name()
   to get the name associated with the attribute ID.

        dced_binding_handle_t dced_bh;
        uuid_t                entry_uuid;
        sec_attr_t            *data_ptr;
        error_status_t        status;
         .
         .
         .
        dced_binding_create( dced_c_service_hostdata,
                             dced_c_binding_syntax_default,
                             &dced_bh,
                             &status );
        dced_hostdata_read( dced_bh,
                            &entry_uuid,
                            &dced_g_uuid_fileattr,
                            &data_ptr,
                            &status );

        dced_inq_name( dced_bh,
                       data_ptr->sec_attr.attr_id,
                       &name, &status );
         .
         .
         .

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Routines:   dced_inq_id
               dced_binding_create
               dced_binding_from_rpc_binding

   Books: OSF DCE Application Development Guide.