NAME¶

dacs_group - DACS group administration

SYNOPSIS¶

dacs_group [dacsoptions[1]]

DESCRIPTION¶

This web service is part of the DACS suite.

The dacs_group web service displays DACS group definitions and membership and performs administrative functions on them.

Note

This web service may eventually be replaced by the dacs_admin(8)[2] web service.

Web Service Arguments¶

Besides the standard CGI arguments[3], dacs_group understands the following CGI arguments:

OPERATION

This argument is required and selects one of the following functions. Additional arguments, if any, are function-dependent.

•SHOW_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP

Arguments: GROUP_NAME, JURISDICTION (optional)

•LIST_GROUPS

Arguments: JURISDICTION

•SHOW_GROUP_DEFINITION

Arguments: GROUP_NAME, JURISDICTION (optional)

•SHOW_ROLES

Display the roles associated with the caller.

•TEST_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP

Test whether the caller is in the group specified by GROUP.

•LIST_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP

Show which groups user MEMBER_NAME belongs to, as known by the receiving jurisdiction. MATCH_JURISDICTION (optional) can be set to limit testing to those groups defined by the given jurisdiction. MATCH_GROUP_NAME (optional) can be set to a regular expressions, applied to each known group name from any jurisdiction, to limit testing to those groups that match the given regex.

•CREATE_GROUP

Arguments: GROUP_NAME, GROUP_TYPE

•DELETE_GROUP

Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME

•ADD_GROUP_MEMBER

Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME, MEMBER_TYPE, DACS

•DELETE_GROUP_MEMBER

Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME

•PURGE_GROUP

Delete the specified cached group definition. JURISDICTION, GROUP_NAME

•CHANGE_GROUP_DEFINITION

Arguments: GROUP_NAME, NEW_GROUP_NAME

•RECEIVE_GROUP_DEFINITION

The jurisdiction receiving the request is being asked to cache one or more group definitions, passed as a groups element (groups.dtd[4]) that is the value of GROUPS.

•SEND_GROUP_DEFINITION

Reply with one or more group definitions (master or cached copies). GROUP_NAME_LIST is a comma-separated list of group names.

•APPLY_DELTAS