Group attribute definition settings
Use this page to specify the name of the group membership attribute. Every LDAP entry includes this attribute to indicate the group to which this entry belongs. To view this console page...
- In the console, click Security > Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure.
- Under User account repository, select Federated repositories from the Available realm definitions field and click Configure.
- Under Related items, click Manage repositories.
- Click Add to specify a new external repository or select an external repository that is preconfigured.
- Under Additional properties, click Group attribute definition.
When you finish adding or updating your federated repository configuration, go to the Security > Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure panel and click Apply to validate the changes.
Configuration tab
- Name of group membership attribute
- Name of the group membership attribute. Only one membership attribute can be defined for each Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository.
Every LDAP entry should have this attribute to indicate the groups to which this entry belongs. For example, memberOf is the name of the membership attribute that is used in Active Directory. The group membership attribute contains values that reference groups to which this entry belongs. If UserA belongs to GroupA, then the value of the memberOf attribute of UserA should contain the distinguished name of GroupA.
If your LDAP server does not support the group membership attribute, then do not specify this attribute. The LDAP repository can look up groups by searching the group member attributes, though the performance might be slower.
- Scope of group membership attribute
Scope of the group membership attribute.
Default: Direct Range:
- Direct
- The membership attribute contains direct groups only. Direct groups are the groups that contain the member. For example, if Group1 contains Group2 and Group2 contains User1, then Group2 is a direct group of User1, but Group1 is not a direct group of User1.
- Nested
- The membership attribute contains both direct groups and nested groups.
- All
- The membership attribute contains direct groups, nested groups, and dynamic members.
Related tasks
Manage the realm in a federated repository configuration
Configure group attribute definition settings in a federated repository configuration
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