NIS+ provides two different ways to change the default rights that are automatically assigned to an NIS+ object when it is created.
The NIS_DEFAULTS
environment variable. NIS_DEFAULTS
stores a set of security-related default values, one of which is access rights. These default access rights are the ones automatically assigned to an object when it is created. (See "Displaying NIS+ Defaults--The nisdefaults Command" for details.)
If the value of the NIS_DEFAULTS
environment variable is changed, objects created after the change are assigned the new values. However, previously created objects are not affected.
The -D option, which is available with several NIS+ commands. When you use the -D option as part of the command to create an NIS+ object, it overrides the default rights specified by the NIS_DEFAULTS
environment variable and allows you to explicitly specify an initial set of rights for that object. (See "Specifying Nondefault Security Values at Creation Time" for details.)