To use Solstice AdminSuite, membership in the sysadmin group (group 14) is required. See "Adding Users to the sysadmin Group" for more information.
Following are additional requirements to use Solstice AdminSuite for each name service.
The requirements for using Solstice AdminSuite are:
Membership in the NIS+ admin group.
Modify permissions on the NIS+ tables to be managed. These permissions are usually given to the NIS+ admin group members.
See Solaris Naming Administration Guide for information on adding users to a NIS+ group and granting permissions on NIS+ tables.
The requirements for using Solstice AdminSuite are:
An entry for your host name and user name in root's .rhosts file on the NIS master server if the server is running the Solaris 1.x OS Release. If the NIS master server is running the Solaris 2.x OS Release and Name Services Transition Kit 1.2 software, this entry is not required as long as Solstice AdminSuite is also installed.
Running ypbind with the -broadcast option, which is the default form, if you want to manage NIS map information in domains other than your own.
In order to manager NIS map information in domains other than your own, the other NIS domain masters need to be on directly attached networks.