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contained groups are found to be static group objects or dynamic group objects, only the static
members of the static or dynamic group objects will be listed as nested members.
You can use LDIF files and LDAP tools to manage such groups. The most useful properties
associated with nested groups are groupMember and nestedConfig.
Nested Group Properties
member
By default, the members of a nested group include all the nested members. Therefore, the
member attribute listing always returns all the nested members, and the assertion on the
member attribute returns all the nested group objects. If the configuration is set to 1 (no
nesting), it refers only to the direct members.
groupMembership
groupMembership specifies the group that this object (generally a user object) belongs to. This
attribute is associated with the nestedGroupAux class, and it holds the DN of the nested group
of which this group is a group member. When associated with a group object, it indicates the
nested group of which this group is a member (specifically a groupMember). Similar to
member and groupMember, groupMembership lists all the nested groups of which this group
has a groupMembership via a nested relationship. The nestedConfig also applies to the
groupMembership attribute. For non-group member objects, the nestedConfig of individual
groups is used.
nestedConfig
nestedConfig sets the configuration of the nested group object. The configuration values
currently supported are 0 (nesting local server ) and 1 (no nesting). By default, it always nests
the local server. If only direct values such as member, groupMember, or groupMembership are
to be listed for the attribute, the configuration can be set to 1.
excludedMember
excludedMember is included as part of the nestedGroupAux class, but it is currently not used.
In future, it will indicate members that are to be excluded from nested members, analogous to
dynamic groups.
Nested Group Operations
1. One group can be a member of another group via the groupMember attribute. Both groups,
contained as well containing, must have the nested group auxiliary class associated with the
group object.
dn: cn=finance,o=nov
objectclass: group
objectclass: nestedGroupAux
groupMember: cn=accounts,o=nov
member: cn=jim,o=nov
dn: cn=accounts,o=nov
objectclass: group
objectclass: nestedGroupAux
member: cn=allen,o=nov
member: cn=ESui,o=nov
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