1. Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Administration Guide, Release OS8.8.x
  2. Appliance Services
  3. Configuring Services
  4. NIS Configuration
  5. Adding an NIS User to the Appliance

Adding an NIS User to the Appliance

After you have completed NIS configuration, you can configure existing NIS users to be able to log in to Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance using their NIS username and password.

Note:

The existing NIS user ID cannot be less than 100, cannot be greater than 2147483646, and cannot be equal to 60001, 60002, or 65534. UIDs from 0-99 inclusive are reserved by the operating system vendor for use in future applications. Their use by end system users or vendors of layered products is not supported and can cause security issues with other applications.

In the BUI, follow the procedure Adding an Administrator or User (BUI), using the following property values:

  1. Select Directory from the Type drop-down menu.

  2. For Username, specify the user's existing NIS username.

In the CLI, follow the procedure Adding an Administrator or User (CLI), using the directory user type and the user's existing NIS username. 

hostname:configuration users> directory NISusername

User ID (uid) and Password (initial_password) are set automatically: NIS values are used.