Security Guide

NIS+ Security Reference

Use the following commands to administer passwords, credentials, and keys (see the appropriate command descriptions for more information):

chkey

Changes a principal's secure RPC key pair. Unless you want to re-encrypt your current private key with a new password, use the passwd command instead. The chkey command does not affect the principal's entry either in the passwd table or /etc/passwd file.

keylogin

Decrypts and stores a principal's secret key with the keyserv.

keylogout

Deletes stored secret key from keyserv.

keyserv

Enables the server for storing private encryption keys.

newkey

Creates a new key pair in public-key database.

nisaddcred

Creates credentials for NIS+ principals.

nisupdkeys

Updates public keys in directory objects.

passwd

Changes and administers principal's password.