When a table is created, its columns are assigned the same rights as the table object. These table level, rights are derived from the NIS_DEFAULTS
environment variable, or are specified as part of the command that creates the table. You can also use the nistbladm -c option to specify initial column access rights when creating a table with nistbladm. To use this option you must have create rights to the directory in which you will be creating the table. To set column rights when creating a table use:
nistbladm -c type `columname=[flags] [,access]... tablename' |
Where:
type is a character string identifying the kind of table. A table's type can be anything you want it to be.
columnname is the name of the column.
flags is the type of column. Valid flags are:
S for searchable
I for case insensitive
C for encrypted
B for binary data
X for XDR encoded data
access is the access rights for this column that you specify using the syntax described in "Specifying Access Rights in Commands".
... indicates that you can specify multiple columns each of the own type and with their own set of rights.
tablename is the fully qualified name of the table you are creating.
To assign a column its own set of rights at table creation time, append access rights to each column's equal sign after the column type and a comma. Separate the columns with a space:
column=type, rights column=type, rights column=type, rights |
The example below creates a table named depts in the doc.com directory, of type div, with three columns (Name, Site, and Manager), and adds modify rights for the group to the second and third columns:
rootmaster% nistbladm -c div Name=S Site=S,g+m Manager=S,g+m depts.doc.com. |
For more information about the nistbladm and the-c option, see Chapter 14, Administering NIS+ Tables.