How to Share and Mount Files With Diffie-Hellman Authentication

Prerequisite

The Diffie-Hellman publickey authentication must be enabled on the network. See How to Set Up a root Key in NIS+ Credentials for Diffie-Hellman Authentication and How to Set Up a root Key by Using NIS Credentials With Diffie-Hellman Authentication.

To share a file system with Diffie-Hellman authentication:

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. Share the file system with Diffie-Hellman authentication.

   # share -F nfs -o sec=dh /filesystem

To mount a file system with Diffie-Hellman authentication:

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

2. Mount the file system with Diffie-Hellman authentication.

   # mount -F nfs -o sec=dh server:resource mountpoint

   The -o sec=dh option mounts the file system with AUTH_DH authentication.