Adding Members to an NIS+ Group

To add members to an NIS+ group you must have modify rights to the group object. Use the -a option:

nisgrpadm -a group-name members. . .

As described in NIS+ Group Member Types, you can add principals (explicit members), domains (implicit members), and groups (recursive members). You don't have to fully qualify the name of the group or the name of the members who belong to the default domain. This example adds the NIS+ principals panza and valjean, both from the default domain, sales.doc.com., and the principal makeba, from the manf.doc.com. domain, to the group top-team.sales.doc.com.

client% nisgrpadm -a Ateam panza valjean makeba.manf.doc.com.
Added panza.sales.doc.com to group Ateam.sales.doc.com
Added valjean.sales.doc.com to group Ateam.sales.doc.com
Added makeba.manf.doc.com to group Ateam.sales.doc.com

To verify the operation, use the nisgrpadm -l option. Look for the members under the Explicit members heading.

This example adds all the NIS+ principals in the doc.com. domain to the staff.doc.com. group. It is entered from a client in the doc.com. domain. Note the * symbol and the dot in front of the domain name.

client% nisgrpadm -a Staff *.doc.com.
Added *.doc.com. to group Staff.manf.doc.com.

This example adds the NIS+ group admin.doc.com. to the admin.manf.doc.com. group. It is entered from a client of the manf.doc.com. domain. Note the @ symbol in front of the group name.

client% nisgrpadm -a admin @admin.doc.com.
Added @admin.doc.com. to group admin.manf.doc.com.