Hybrid groups

• US 20080126309A1
• Filed: 11/29/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Rowley, Peter Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 7,689,584 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4523 using lightweight directory access protocol [LDAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4552 Lookup mechanisms between a plurality of directories; Synchronisation of directories, e.g. metadirectories

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing groups in a directory server is described. In one embodiment, in response to a request for accessing a static group, an action represented by an attribute of an entry of the directory server is dynamically performed. A result of the action is returned as part of a response of the static group.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing a directory server, the method comprising:

in response to a request for accessing a static group, dynamically performing an action represented by an attribute of an entry of the directory server; and

returning a result of the action as part of a response of the static group.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving the request for accessing the static group, the request comprising a query of a content of the static group.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein dynamically performing the action comprises:

executing a query with a filter on the directory server, the filter comprising the attribute of the entry.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein returning the result of the action comprises:

returning the result of a query with a filter on the directory server, the filter comprising the attribute of the entry.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the attribute comprises a “

memberof”

attribute.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the directory server comprises a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the static group is maintained as a dynamic group in the directory server, the dynamic group having a filter comprising the attribute of the entry.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a directory server to dynamically perform an action represented by an attribute of an entry of the directory server in response to a request for accessing a static group, and to return a result of the action as part of a response of the static group

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the request for accessing the static group comprises a query of a content of the static group.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the action comprises an execution of a query with a filter on the directory server, the filter comprising the attribute of the entry.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the result of the action comprises the result of a query with a filter on the directory server, the filter comprising the attribute of the entry.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the attribute comprises a “

memberof”

attribute.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the directory server comprises a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the static group is maintained as a dynamic group in the directory server, the dynamic group having a filter comprising the attribute of the entry.

15. An article of manufacture comprising:

a machine-accessible storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising;

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the request for accessing the static group, the request comprising a query of a content of the static group.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein dynamically performing the action comprises:

executing a query with a filter on the directory server, the filter comprising the attribute of the entry.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein returning the result of the action comprises:

returning the result of a query with a filter on the directory server, the filter comprising the attribute of the entry.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the attribute comprises a “

memberof”

attribute.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the directory server comprises a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the static group is maintained as a dynamic group in the directory server, the dynamic group having a filter comprising the attribute of the entry.