[ Bottom of Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Contents | Index | Library Home | Legal | Search ]

Network Information Services (NIS and NIS+) Guide

Cred Table

The cred table stores credential information about NIS+ principals. Each domain has one cred table, which stores the credential information of client workstations that belong to that domain and client users who are allowed to log in to them, in other words, the principals of that domain. The cred tables are located in their domains' org_dir subdirectory.

Attention: Do not link a cred table. Each org_dir directory should have its own cred table. Do not use a link to some other org_dir cred table.

The cred table has five columns:

Cred table
Column Content Description
NIS+ Principal Name Principal name of a principal user Principal name of a principal user or workstation
Authentication Type Local DES
Authentication Name UID Secure RPC netname
Public Data GID list Public key
Private Data

 

Encrypted private key

The authentication type determines the types of values found in the other four entries.

See Administering NIS+ Credentials, for additional information on credentials and the cred table.

[ Top of Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Contents | Index | Library Home | Legal | Search ]