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System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+) |
Part I About Naming and Directory Services
Part II NIS+ Setup and Configuration
4. Configuring NIS+ With Scripts
5. Setting Up the NIS+ Root Domain
8. Configuring an NIS+ Non-Root Domain
10. NIS+ Tables and Information
12. Administering NIS+ Credentials
14. Administering Enhanced NIS+ Security Credentials
15. Administering NIS+ Access Rights
16. Administering NIS+ Passwords
Solaris Groups and NIS+ Groups
Related NIS+ Administration Commands for Groups
Listing the Object Properties of an NIS+ Group
Adding Members to an NIS+ Group
Listing the Members of an NIS+ Group
Removing Members From an NIS+ Group
Testing for Membership in an NIS+ Group
18. Administering NIS+ Directories
20. NIS+ Server Use Customization
23. Information in NIS+ Tables
Common NIS+ Namespace Error Messages
NIS+ groups are used to assign access rights to NIS+ objects to one or more NIS+ principles. These access rights are described in Chapter 11, NIS+ Security Overview. Information about NIS+ groups is stored in tables located in the NIS+ groups_dir directory object. Information about each group is stored in a table of the same name. For example, information about the admin group is stored in admin.groups_dir.
It is recommended practice to create at least one NIS+ group called admin. The admin NIS+ group is normally used to designate those users who are to have NIS+ access rights. You can name this group anything you want, but the NIS+ manual set assumes that the group with NIS+ administrator privileges is named admin. You can also create multiple NIS+ groups with different sets of users and different sets of rights.
Note - Always use the nisgrpadm command to work with NIS+ group membership. You can also use the nisls and nischgrp commands on the group table. Do not use the nistbladm command on the group table.
For a complete description of NIS+ group-related commands and their syntax and options, see the NIS+ man pages.