Member Virtual Attribute
The Member Virtual Attribute generates a member or uniqueMember attribute whose values are the DNs of the members of a specified virtual static group.
This component is used to implement virtual static group functionality, in which it is possible to create an entry that looks like a static group but obtains all of its membership from a dynamic group (or some other type of group, including another static group). This implementation is most efficient when attempting to determine whether a given user is a member of a group (for example, with a filter like "(uniqueMember=uid=john.doe,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com)") when the search does not actually return the membership attribute. Although it works to generate the entire set of values for the member or uniqueMember attribute, this can be an expensive operation for a large group.
Parent
The Member Virtual Attribute object inherits from Virtual Attribute.
Member Virtual Attribute properties
You can use configuration expressions to set property values at startup time. For details, see Property value substitution.
| Basic Properties | Advanced Properties |
|---|---|
allow-retrieving-membership |
allow-retrieving-membership
Synopsis |
Indicates whether to handle requests that request all values for the virtual attribute. |
Description |
This operation can be very expensive in some cases and is not consistent with the primary function of virtual static groups, which is to make it possible to use static group idioms to determine whether a given user is a member. If this attribute is set to false, attempts to retrieve the entire set of values receive an empty set, and only attempts to determine whether the attribute has a specific value or set of values (which is the primary anticipated use for virtual static groups) are handled properly. |
Default value |
false |
Allowed values |
true false |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
attribute-type
Synopsis |
Specifies the attribute type for the attribute whose values are to be dynamically assigned by the virtual attribute. |
Default value |
None |
Allowed values |
The name of an attribute type defined in the LDAP schema. |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
base-dn
Synopsis |
Specifies the base DNs for the branches containing entries that are eligible to use this virtual attribute. |
Description |
If no values are given, then the server generates virtual attributes anywhere in the server. |
Default value |
The location of the entry in the server is not taken into account when determining whether an entry is eligible to use this virtual attribute. |
Allowed values |
A valid DN. |
Multi-valued |
Yes |
Required |
No |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
conflict-behavior
Synopsis |
Specifies the behavior that the server is to exhibit for entries that already contain one or more real values for the associated attribute. |
Default value |
virtual-overrides-real |
Allowed values |
|
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
No |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
enabled
Synopsis |
Indicates whether the Virtual Attribute is enabled for use. |
Default value |
None |
Allowed values |
true false |
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
filter
Synopsis |
Specifies the search filters to be applied against entries to determine if the virtual attribute is to be generated for those entries. |
Description |
If no values are given, then any entry is eligible to have the value generated. If one or more filters are specified, then only entries that match at least one of those filters are allowed to have the virtual attribute. |
Default value |
(objectClass=*) |
Allowed values |
Any valid search filter string. |
Multi-valued |
Yes |
Required |
No |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
group-dn
Synopsis |
Specifies the DNs of the groups whose members can be eligible to use this virtual attribute. |
Description |
If no values are given, then group membership is not taken into account when generating the virtual attribute. If one or more group DNs are specified, then only members of those groups are allowed to have the virtual attribute. |
Default value |
Group membership is not taken into account when determining whether an entry is eligible to use this virtual attribute. |
Allowed values |
A valid DN. |
Multi-valued |
Yes |
Required |
No |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
scope
Synopsis |
Specifies the LDAP scope associated with base DNs for entries that are eligible to use this virtual attribute. |
Default value |
whole-subtree |
Allowed values |
|
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
No |
Admin action required |
None |
Advanced |
No |
Read-only |
No |
Advanced properties
Use the --advanced
option to access advanced properties.
java-class
Synopsis |
Specifies the fully-qualified name of the virtual attribute provider class that generates the attribute values. |
Default value |
org.opends.server.extensions.MemberVirtualAttributeProvider |
Allowed values |
A Java class that extends or implements:
|
Multi-valued |
No |
Required |
Yes |
Admin action required |
The object must be disabled and re-enabled for changes to take effect. |
Advanced |
Yes |
Read-only |
No |