1  –  clerk

 Modifies characteristics of the clerk entity on the specified node.

 SYNOPSIS

      SET [NODE node-id] DNS CLERK characteristic

 Arguments

 node-id

 The name of the node. If you do not specify a node name, the local
 node is assumed.

 characteristic

 The name and the value of the characteristic to be modified. Specify
 one or any combination of the following for the characteristic
 argument:

 Clerk Timeout      Specifies the default timeout of client interface
 [[=]secs]          calls. If no response is received in the
                    specified timeout, the clerk generates an
                    error message. If you use this argument without
                    specifying a value, it is set to the default (60
                    seconds).
 Default Namespace  Designates the Known Namespace whose name is
 [=]name            given, as the default namespace for this clerk. A
                    name must be supplied; there is no default.
 Solicit Holddown   Specifies the time (in seconds) to wait after
 [[=]secs]          initialization before soliciting advertisements
                    from servers. If you use this argument without
                    specifying a value, it is set to the default (15
                    seconds).

 Description

 This command modifies characteristics of the clerk entity
 on the specified node. You can specify one or more of the
 listed characteristics to be modified. Use a comma to separate
 characteristics. If you do not specify a value, the attribute is
 set to its default if that attribute has a default. You can also
 enter this command through the NCL interface.

 PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
 You must have the NET$MANAGE rights identifier (VMS systems) or
 superuser privileges (ULTRIX systems).

1.1  –  example

 The following command sets the clerk timeout to a value of 90
 seconds for the clerk running on node .eng.rigel.

 dns> set node .eng.rigel dns clerk clerk timeout 90

1.2  –  known_namespace

 Modifies characteristics for the specified known namespace.

 SYNOPSIS

      SET [NODE node-id] DNS CLERK KNOWN NAMESPACE identifier

      NAME[=]new-name

 Arguments

 node-id

 The name of the node. If you do not specify a node name, the local
 node is assumed.

 identifier

 The identifier of the namespace. This is a required argument. You
 can use one of the following:

 name       A simple name for the namespace.
 nscts      The value of the namespace creation timestamp (NSCTS) that
            is automatically assigned when the namespace is created.
            The format of the NSCTS is 14 pairs of hex digits (xx-xx).

 new-name

 Specifies a new name for this known namespace, in effect, renaming
 the known namespace.

 PRIVILEGES REQUIRED
 You must have the NET$MANAGE rights identifier (VMS systems) or
 superuser privileges (ULTRIX systems).

1.2.1  –  example

 The following command renames the IAF_1 namespace in the local
 clerk's cache with the new name NDL.

 dns> set dns clerk known namespace IAF_1 name NDL