You have not set the
NIS_GROUP environment variable. When you create a user or host context it is owned by the host or user, and not by the administrator who set up the namespace. Therefore, fncreate requires that the
NIS_GROUP variable be set to enable the administrators who are part of that group to subsequently manipulate the contexts.
NIS_GROUP environment variable.
NIS_GROUP environment variable should be set to the group name of the administrators who will administer the contexts.