openldap/contrib/slapd-modules/autogroup

autogroup overlay Readme

DESCRIPTION
    The autogroup overlay allows automated updates of group membership which
    meet the requirements of any filter contained in the group. The filters 
    are build from the LDAP URI-valued attributes. Any time an object is
    added/deleated/updated, it is tested for compilance with the filters,
    and its membership is accordingly updated. For searches and compares
    it behaves like a static group.

BUILDING
    A Makefile is included.

CONFIGURATION
    # dyngroup.schema:
        The dyngroup schema must be modified, adding the 'member' attribute
        to the MAY clause of the groupOfURLs object class, i.e.:

        objectClass ( NetscapeLDAPobjectClass:33
        NAME 'groupOfURLs'
        SUP top STRUCTURAL
        MUST cn
        MAY ( memberURL $ businessCategory $ description $ o $ ou $
                owner $ seeAlso $ member) )


    # slapd.conf:

    moduleload /path/to/autogroup.so
        Loads the overlay (OpenLDAP must be build with --enable-modules).

    overlay autogroup
        This directive adds the autogroup overlay to the current database.

    autogroup-attrset <group-oc> <URL-ad> <member-ad>
        This configuration option is defined for the autogroup overlay.
        It may have multiple occurrences, and it must appear after the
        overlay directive.

        The value <group-oc> is the name of the objectClass that represents 
        the group.

        The value <URL-ad> is the name of the attributeDescription that 
        contains the URI that is converted to the filters. If no URI is 
        present, there will be no members in that group. It must be a subtype
        of labeledURI.

        The value <member-ad> is the name of the attributeDescription that
        specifies the member attribute. User modification of this attribute 
        is disabled for consistency.


EXAMPLE
    ### slapd.conf
    include /path/to/dyngroup.schema
    # ...
    moduleload /path/to/autogroup.so
    # ...

    database <database>
    # ...

    overlay autogroup
    autogroup-attrset groupOfURLs memberURL member
    ### end slapd.conf

CAVEATS
    As with static groups, update operations on groups with a large number
    of members may be slow.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    This module was written in 2007 by Michał Szulczyński.