Example—Setting Up a New Key for root on a NIS Client (System Administration Guide: Security Services)

System Administration Guide: Security Services

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Example—Setting Up a New Key for `root` on a NIS Client

The following example shows how to set up earth as a secure NIS client.

# newkey -h earth
Adding new key for unix.earth@North.Abc.COM
New Password:
Retype password:
Please wait for the database to get updated...
Your new key has been successfully stored away.
#

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