Nested AND roles
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing a directory server, the method comprising:
- defining a plurality of entries in the directory server, at least one of the plurality of entries possessing a role;
querying an entry to determine its possessed role; and
providing entries that possess the nested AND role to a client, the provided entries possessing all of the roles in the nested AND role, the nested AND role comprising at least two roles.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing a nested AND role in a directory server is described. In one embodiment, a plurality of entries is defined in the directory server. At least one of the plurality of entries possesses a role. An entry is queried to determine its possessed role. A nested AND role possesses at least two roles. An entry possesses the nested AND role by possessing all the roles within the nested AND role.
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing a directory server, the method comprising:
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defining a plurality of entries in the directory server, at least one of the plurality of entries possessing a role; querying an entry to determine its possessed role; and providing entries that possess the nested AND role to a client, the provided entries possessing all of the roles in the nested AND role, the nested AND role comprising at least two roles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
a directory server to define a plurality of entries in the directory server, at least one of the plurality of entries possessing a role, to query an entry to determine its possessed role, and to provide entries that possess the nested AND role to a client, the provided entries possessing all of the roles in the nested AND role, the nested AND role comprising at least two roles. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-accessible storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising; defining a plurality of entries in the directory server, at least one of the plurality of entries possessing a role; querying an entry to determine its possessed role; and providing entries that possess the nested AND role to a client, the provided entries possessing all of the roles in the nested AND role, the nested AND role comprising at least two roles. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for managing a directory server, the method comprising:
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defining two or more roles in the directory server, each role comprising membership attributes for entries in the directory server; and defining a nested AND role as comprising at least two roles, wherein entries, that possess all the roles in the nested AND role, possess the nested AND role. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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