User Has no DES Credentials

Problem

The following error message is displayed:

The user user does not have DES credentials in the NIS+ name service.

Verification: The current system's root account does not have valid Data Encryption Standard (DES) credentials in the NIS+ cred table.

Solution: Use the nisaddcred command to add the credentials for the root account. You must enter the UNIX netname and NIS+ principal name on the command line.

The following example shows how to add DES credentials for the system mercury in the domain Faxco.COM.

nisaddcred -p unix.mercury@Faxco.COM \
-P mercury.Faxco.COM. DES Faxco.COM 

The command prompts for the root password (which is required to generate an encrypted secret key).