Add DES Credential For a Client Workstation

If you want to add a credential for a workstation, you will need to make an entry into the niscred.org_dir table on the server. This example demonstrates what is done on the server side and workstation side. There are third party tools out there to manage credentials, but personally I like using the command line. Here is what a colleague and I did to support a NIS+ server change.

On Server
C shell
# setenv PATH $PATH:/usr/lib/nis
Bourne or Korn Shell
# PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/nis; export PATH
# nisclient -c -o -d esofthub.com esoft
# nisaddcred -p unix.esoft@esofthub.com -P esoft.esofthub.com. des
# nisgrpadm -a admin.esofthub.com esoft.esofthub.com.

On Workstation
C shell
# setenv PATH $PATH:/usr/lib/nis
Bourne or Korn Shell
# PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/nis; export PATH
# nisclient -i -d esofthub.com -h esoftsvr -a IPADDRESS