HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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nisclient(1M) nisclient(1M)
nisclient will prompt you for this network password to decrypt your secret key and then for your
login password to generate a new set of secret/public keys.
Use the fourth synopsis (
-r
) to restore the network service environment to whatever you were using
before
nisclient -i was executed. You must be logged in as super-user on the machine that is to be
restored. The restore will only work if the machine was initialized with
nisclient -i because it uses
the backup files created by the
-i
option.
Reboot the machine after initializing a machine or restoring the network service.
Options
-a NIS+_server_addr Specifies the IP address for the NIS+ server. This option is used only with the
-i
option.
-c Adds DES credentials for NIS+ principals.
-d NIS+_domain Specifies the NIS+ domain where the credential should be created when used in
conjuction with the -c option. It specifies the name for the new NIS+ domain
when used in conjuction with the -i
option. The default is your current domain-
name.
-h NIS+_server_host Specifies the NIS+ server’s hostname. This option is used only with the
-i option.
-i Initializes an NIS+ client machine.
-l network_password Specifies the network password for the clients. This option is used only with the
-c option. If this option is not specified, the script will prompt you for the net-
work password.
-o Overwrite existing credential entries. The default is not to overwrite. This is used
only with the -c option.
-r Restores the network service environment.
-S 0|2 Specifies the authentication level for the NIS+ client. Level
0 is for unauthenti-
cated clients and level
2 is for authenticated (
DES) clients. The default is to set
up with level 2 authentication. This is used only with the
-i option. nis-
client always uses level 2 authentication (
DES) for both -c and -u options.
There is no need to run
nisclient with -u and -c for level 0
authentication.
-u Initializes an NIS+ user.
-v Runs the script in verbose mode.
-x turns the "echo" mode on. The script just prints the commands that it would have
executed. Note that the commands are not actually executed. The default is off.
EXAMPLES
To add the
DES credential for host hpws and user fred in the local domain:
/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -c hpws fred
To add the DES credential for host hpws and user fred in domain xyz.hp.com. :
/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -c -d xyz.hp.com. hpws fred
To initialize host hpws as an NIS+ client in domain xyz.hp.com. where nisplus_server is a server for the
domain xyz.hp.com. :
/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -i -h nisplus_server -d xyz.hp.com.
The script will prompt you for the IP address of nisplus_server if the server is not found in the
/etc/hosts file. The -d option is needed only if your current domain name is different from the new
domain name.
To initialize host hpws as an unauthenticated NIS+ client in domain xyz.hp.com. where nisplus_server is
a server for the domain xyz.hp.com.:
/usr/lib/nis/nisclient -i -S 0 -h nisplus_server -d xyz.hp.com. \
-a 129.140.44.1
To initialize user fred as an NIS+ principal, log in as user fred on an NIS+ client machine.
Section 1M546 Hewlett-Packard Company 2 HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003