NAME
    dce_login - Validates a principal's identity and obtains the
                principal's network credentials

 SYNOPSIS

    dce_login [principal_name] [password] [-c] [-e[xec] cmd_string]

 OPTIONS

   -c          Causes the principal's identity to be certified.  If you
               do not specify -c, the principal's identity is validated
               only.

   [-e[xec] cmd_string]    Executes the command supplied as cmd_string.

 ARGUMENTS

   principal_name    The name of the principal to log in as.

   password          The password for principal_name.

 DESCRIPTION

 The dce_login command is supplied for use in DCE configuration. It vali-
 dates a principal's identity and obtains the principal's network creden-
 tials.

 If the -c option is supplied, the command also certifies the principal's
 identity, and, if the principal is able to be certified, creates an
 entry for the principal in the machine's local registry.  If the
 principal is not able to be certified, the command attempts to log the
 principal in via the local registry.

 The -exec option executes the command specified by cmd_string after
 login.  If cmd_string is specified without a full pathname, the path
 prefix is obtained by searching the directories according to the PATH
 variable.

 The principal_name argument specifies the name of the principal who is
 logging in. The password argument specifies the principal's password.
 If you do not supply a principal name or a principal password, dce_login
 prompts for them.  If you enter them both on the command line, you must
 specify the principal name first, followed by the password.

 The dce_login command executes the shell specified in the SHELL environ-
 ment variable.

 Note that if the clocks on the Security server and client machines are
 not synchronized to within 2 or 3 minutes of each other, you may receive
 a password validation error and be unable to be validated.