Preexisting /etc/.rootkey File

Symptoms:

Various insufficient permission to and permission denied error messages.

Possible Cause:

An /etc/.rootkey file already existed when you set up or initialized a server or client. This could occur if NIS+ had been previously installed on the machine and the .rootkey file was not erased when NIS+ was removed or the machine returned to using NIS or /etc files.

Diagnosis:

Run ls -l on the /etc directory and nisls -l org_dir and compare the date of the /etc/.rootkey to the date of the cred table. If the /etc/.rootkey date is clearly earlier than that of the cred table, it may be a preexisting file.

Solution:

Run keylogin -r as root on the problem machine and then set up the machine as a client again.