nisaddcred Command

The command used to create credential information is nisaddcred.

You can also use the nispopulate and nisclient scripts to create credential information. They, in turn, use the nisaddcred command. These scripts are much easier to use, and more efficient, than the nisaddcred command. Unless your network requires special features, you should use the scripts.

The nisaddcred command creates, updates, and removes LOCAL and DES credential information. To create credential information, you must have create rights to the proper domain's cred table. To update a credential, you must have modify rights to the cred table or, at least, to that particular entry in the cred table. To delete a credential, you must have destroy rights to the cred table or the entry in the cred table.

• To create or update credentials for another NIS+ principal, use:

  For LOCAL credentials

  nisaddcred -p uid -P principal-name local

  For DES credentials

  nisaddcred -p rpc-netname -P principal-name des

• To update your own credentials, use:

  For LOCAL credentials

  nisaddcred -local

  For DES credentials, use:

  nisaddcred des

• To remove credentials, use:

  nisaddcred -r principal-name