System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+)

Updating Public Keys Arguments and Examples in NIS+

The nisupdkeys command is located in /usr/lib/nis. The nisupdkeys command uses the following arguments (for a complete description of the nisupdkeys command and a full list of all its arguments, see the nisupdkeys man page).

Table 13–4 nisupdkeys Arguments


Argument	Effect
(no argument)	Updates all keys of servers for current domain.
`directoryname`	Updates the keys of the directory object for the named directory.
`-H` `servername`	Updates the keys of the named server for the current domain directory object. A fully qualified host name can be used to update the keys of servers in other domains.
`-s` `-H` `servername`	Updates the keys of all the directory objects served by the named server.
`-C`	Clears the keys.

Table 13–5 gives an example of updating a public key.

Table 13–5 Updating an NIS+ Public Key: Command Examples


Tasks	Commands
Update all keys of all servers of the current domain (`doc.com`).	`rootmaster# /usr/lib/nis/nisupdkeys` Fetch Public key for server rootmaster.doc.com. `netname='unix.rootmaster@doc.com'` Updating rootmaster.doc.com.'s public key. `Public key:` `public-key`
Update keys of all servers supporting the `sales.doc.com` domain directory object.	`salesmaster# nisupdkeys sales.doc.com` (Screen notices not shown)
Update keys for a server named `master7` in all the directories that store them.	`rootmaster# nisupdkeys -H master7`
Clear the keys stored by the `sales.doc.com` directory object.	`rootmaster# nisupdkeys -C sales.doc.com`
Clear the keys for the current domain directory object for the server named `master7.`	`rootmaster# nisupdkeys -C -H master7`