NAME

       dacs_admin - DACS administration service

SYNOPSIS

       dacs_admin [dacsoptions[1]]

DESCRIPTION

       This program is part of the DACS suite.

       The dacs_admin web service is a tool for administering various DACS resources at a
       jurisdiction. Providing both a browser-based interface and a simple, REST-oriented[2] HTTP
       interface that can be used by middleware, scripts, and web browsers, dacs_admin allows
       inspection (and sometimes modification) of a jurisdiction's access control rules,
       configuration directives, group definitions, DACS user accounts, revocation list, version
       information, authorization cache, DACS log files, user tracking records, and more. An
       administrator can manage a different jurisdiction simply by aiming a browser or other HTTP
       client at that jurisdiction's dacs_admin web service.

       Probably the best way to understand the tool is to simply use it interactively to browse
       through a jurisdiction's resources.

           Security
           This web service provides a way to view and change security-related DACS
           configuration, DACS passwords, and so on. The default access control rule denies all
           access to the web service - you must add a custom rule to enable access. All
           functionality should be restricted to an ADMIN_IDENTITY[3].

           Notes
           •   Some features of this program may require JavaScript to be enabled in the browser.

           •   dacs_admin will eventually unify and replace several existing different DACS
               administrative web services. It may also include federation-wide functions, such
               as the capability of adding a new jurisdiction.

   Web Service Arguments
       The following web service argument is always recognized:

       FORMAT
           By default, output is emitted in HTML. Several varieties of XML output can be
           selected, however, using the FORMAT argument (please refer to dacs(1)[4]).

   Resources and Methods
       The interface provided by dacs_admin allows various DACS resources to be examined and
       modified using standard HTTP methods (see RFC 2616[5]). Not all DACS resources may be
       accessible using dacs_admin and not all methods may be valid for some resources.

       In keeping with the REST architectural style, every persistent resource is identified by a
       URI (RFC 2396[6] and RFC 3986[7]). Invoking the GET method on
       https://www.example.com/cgi-bin/dacs/dacs_admin, for example, will (assuming appropriate
       configuration and permission) return a list of root-level resources managed by dacs_admin.

       Invoking the GET method on a resource either returns a listing (by default, formatted as
       an HTML list or table) or an unadorned value (by default, formatted as an HTML encoded
       string). For instance, this URL might return a list of configuration directives and their
       current values:

           https://www.example.com/cgi-bin/dacs/dacs_admin/conf/current

       while this URL might return the current value of a particular configuration directive:

           https://www.example.com/cgi-bin/dacs/dacs_admin/conf/current/AUTH_SUCCESS

       The functionality of dacs_admin is described in terms of resources and methods supported
       on those resources. Depending on the particular service request, the result consists of an
       HTTP status code (usually "200 OK", "201 Created", "400 Bad Request", or "404 Not Found"),
       and possibly an HTML or XML document (selectable). The XML document is described by
       dacs_admin.dtd[8].

       Arguments are passed in the query part of a URI. Unrecognized and context-inappropriate
       arguments are silently ignored.

OPTIONS

       Only the standard dacsoptions[1] command line arguments are recognized.

FILES

       dacs_admin.css[9]

DIAGNOSTICS

       The program exits 0 if everything was fine, 1 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO

       dacsacl(1)[10], dacspasswd(1)[11], dacs.acls(5)[12], dacs_conf(8)[13], dacs_group(8)[14],
       dacs_list_jurisdictions(8)[15], dacs_passwd(8)[16], dacs_version(8)[17]

AUTHOR

       Distributed Systems Software (www.dss.ca[18])

COPYING

       Copyright2003-2012 Distributed Systems Software. See the LICENSE[19] file that accompanies
       the distribution for licensing information.

NOTES

        1. dacsoptions
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.1.html#dacsoptions

        2. REST-oriented
           http://rest.blueoxen.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl

        3. ADMIN_IDENTITY
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.conf.5.html#ADMIN_IDENTITY

        4. dacs(1)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.1.html

        5. RFC 2616
           http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt

        6. RFC 2396
           http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt

        7. RFC 3986
           http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt

        8. dacs_admin.dtd
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/../dtd-xsd/dacs_admin.dtd

        9. dacs_admin.css
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man//css/dacs_admin.css

       10. dacsacl(1)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacsacl.1.html

       11. dacspasswd(1)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacspasswd.1.html

       12. dacs.acls(5)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.acls.5.html

       13. dacs_conf(8)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_conf.8.html

       14. dacs_group(8)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_group.8.html

       15. dacs_list_jurisdictions(8)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_list_jurisdictions.8.html

       16. dacs_passwd(8)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_passwd.8.html

       17. dacs_version(8)
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_version.8.html

       18. www.dss.ca
           http://www.dss.ca

       19. LICENSE
           http://dacs.dss.ca/man/../misc/LICENSE