Howard,

So, what is the right way? Could you give me an example how to set this up
or give me a reference to a good source on this?

Thank you!

Greetz,

Fred <http://epsilon.eridani.nl>



2012/2/22 Howard Chu <[email protected]>

> Fred van Zwieten wrote:
>
>> Hi llg,
>>
>> I fail to see how this solves my RBAC need.
>>
>> Let me give an example:
>>
>> Say, personA is in ou DeptA. Then, ideally personA would based on being in
>> this ou, become member of group webserver
>>
>> No, when I move personA to ou DeptB, this would mean that, on the next
>> login,
>> it looses it's membership to group Webserver, but now becomes member of ie
>> group mailservers
>>
>> This way, you implement security policies based on the role of a person.
>>
>
> This is not the right way to implement roles. Generally DNs are intended
> to be constant (though obviously they are allowed to change, changes should
> be infrequent).
>
>>
>> How could this ideally be done with OpenLDAP?
>>
>> Greetz,
>>
>> Fred <http://epsilon.eridani.nl>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/2/22 llg <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>**>
>>
>>
>>    Hi,
>>        persons should use inetOrgPerson and PosixAccount schemas :
>> gidNumber
>>    gives primary group.
>>
>>    Then define specific branch ou=posix based on PosixGroup schema and add
>>    the uid of the person in memberUid multiple values attribute to specify
>>    secondary gid.
>>
>>    Regards
>>    Llg
>>
>>    Le 22/02/2012 10:22, Fred van Zwieten a écrit :
>>
>>>    Hi all,
>>>
>>>    warning: openldap newbie..
>>>
>>>    is it possible to have a person put into an OU and, because of this,
>>>    will become member of some group in such a way that this group shows
>>> up
>>>    in linux using "id". This to implement some form of RBAC. I found
>>>    GroupofMembers, but that has nothing to do with OU's. Also, it seems
>>>    posixGroup and groupOfMembers objecttypes are no longer allowed
>>> together
>>>    because the are both STRUCTURAL.
>>>
>>>    In AD this is possible.
>>>
>>>    Greetz,
>>>
>>>    Fred <http://epsilon.eridani.nl>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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