Proper LDIF format for adding Users to Groups.

(Last modified: 30May2006)

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goal

fact

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cause

When a User is added to a Group via any administration utility (NWADMIN, Console1, iManager), there are several things that happen because of the utility itself. The User gets 2 attributes (securityEquals and groupMembership) and the Group gets 2 attributes (member and equivalentToMe). There are also some hidden Reference attributes made, but these are also created with adding users with an LDF. The file format below will show you how to accomplish this in LDF format for various scenarios.

fix

#******** The User and Group Objects already exist in eDirectory ************

version: 1

dn: cn=user1,ou=users,o=novell
changetype: modify
add: securityEquals
securityEquals: cn=group1,ou=groups,o=novell
-
add:groupMembership
groupMembership: cn=group1,ou=groups,o=novell

dn: cn=group1,ou=groups,o=novell
changetype: modify
add: member
member: cn=user1,ou=users,o=novell
-
add: equivalentToMe
equivalentToMe: cn=user1,ou=users,o=novell

change

#******** The User and Group Objects already exist in eDirectory, add to multiple groups at once************

version: 1

dn: cn=user1,ou=users,o=novell
changetype: modify
add: securityEquals
securityEquals: cn=group1,ou=groups,o=novell
securityEquals: cn=group2,ou=groups,o=novell
-
add:groupMembership
groupMembership: cn=group1,ou=groups,o=novell
groupMembership: cn=group2,ou=groups,o=novell

dn: cn=group1,ou=groups,o=novell
changetype: modify
add: member
member: cn=user1,ou=users,o=novell
-
add: equivalentToMe
equivalentToMe: cn=user1,ou=users,o=novell

dn: cn=group2,ou=groups,o=novell
changetype: modify
add: member
member: cn=user1,ou=users,o=novell
-
add: equivalentToMe
equivalentToMe: cn=user1,ou=users,o=novell

document

Document Title:	Proper LDIF format for adding Users to Groups.
Document ID:	10101120
Solution ID:	NOVL105881
Creation Date:	26May2006
Modified Date:	30May2006
Novell Product Class:	Novell Directory Services

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