CHARACTERISTICS

 Clerk Timeout

 Specifies the default timeout of client interface calls. If no
 response is received in the specified time, an error message will
 be generated. The default is 60 seconds.

 Default Namespace

 Contains the name of the clerk's default namespace.

 Solicit Holddown

 Specifies the time (in seconds) to wait after initialization before
 soliciting advertisements from servers. The default is 15 seconds.

 UID

 Uniquely identifies the entity.

 Version

 Specifies the version of the DECdns architecture implemented by this
 clerk.

 COUNTERS

 Authentication Failures

 Specifies the number of times a requesting principal failed
 authentication procedures.

 Cache Bypasses

 Specifies the number of requests to read attributes for which the
 clerk was specifically directed by the requesting application to
 bypass its own cache. Instead, a server is contacted to get the
 requested information. This counter does not account for requests
 that the clerk is unable to satisfy from the cache or for requests
 to look up names or enumerate the contents of directories.

 Cache Hits

 Specifies the total number of read requests directed to this clerk
 that were satisfied entirely by the information contained in its
 own cache. This figure accounts only for requests to read attribute
 values and does not include requests to look up names or enumerate
 the contents of directories.

 Creation Time

 Specifies the time at which this entity was created.

 Incompatible Protocol Errors

 Specifies the number of times this clerk received a response to
 one of its own requests from a server running a protocol version of
 DECdns software that was incompatible with the protocol version of
 DECdns software the clerk was running. Clerk requests directed to
 servers running incompatible protocol versions do not complete.

 Miscellaneous Operations

 Specifies the number of operations other than read and write
 (that is, skulks, enumerating contents of directories, and so on)
 performed by this clerk.

 Read Operations

 Specifies the number of lookup operations performed by this clerk.
 This counter accounts only for requests to read attributes and does
 not include name lookups or enumerations of multiple names.

 Write Operations

 Specifies how many requests to modify data were processed by this
 clerk.

 STATUS ATTRIBUTES

 State

 Specifies the state of the DECdns clerk.

 Broken     The DECdns clerk has a fatal error condition.
 Initial    The DECdns clerk is in the process of initializing.
 Off        The DECdns clerk is not available.
 On         The DECdns clerk is running and available.
 Shut       The DECdns clerk is in the process of an orderly shutdown.

 PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
 You must have the NET$EXAMINE rights identifier on a VMS system. No
 special privileges are required on an ULTRIX system.