[Fedora-directory-users] use of dynamic groups from client applications

[Richard Megginson]

Mikael Kermorgant wrote:
>>> Do client applications have to support "dynamic groups" by using the
>>> "memberurl" attribute to issue a search by their own ?
>>>
>>>       
>> Yes.
>>     
> Ok, that burries the "dynamic group" option for my setup. Indeed,
> Plone is looking for the attribute 'member' or 'uniquemember' in the
> group objects.
>
>   
>>> If that's the case, has the possibility to emulate a static group from
>>> an external point of view (with a cache being refreshed after updates
>>> on the directory) been envisaged ?
>>>       
>
>   
>> It depends.  What are you trying to do?  Populate the members of a
>> static group entry dynamically depending on some property of the entry
>> of each member?
>>     
>
> Exactly.
> But with a filtered Role, won't I have the same behaviour as in
> dynamic groups in the sense that the role only has a 'nsrolefilter'
> attribute similar to 'memberurl' and not a true list of the members ?
>   
Right.  AFAIK, there is no way to have a single entry with a single 
attribute whose values are computed from a search filter.
> Best Regards,
> --
> Mikael Kermorgant
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