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Solaris Common Messages and Troubleshooting Guide

Security exception on host string. USER ACCESS DENIED.

Cause

When trying to create a user via Adminsuite, placing the home directory on a system remote from the nisplus server, customer gets error message: 

Security exception on host hostname. USER ACCESS DENIED.
The user identity (555)username was received, but that user
   is not authorized to execute the requested functionality
      on this system. Is this user a member of an appropriate
        security group on this system ?
            (Function: class directory method create_dir)
User can rsh(1) to the remote machine and create a home directory on the system.

Action

The user was not in the sysadmin group NIS+ tables. 


 # niscat group.org_dir | grep sysadmin 
 sysadmin::14:
Add the username to the sysadmin group.