DACS_GROUP(8) DACS Web Services Manual DACS_GROUP(8)
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.
o SHOW_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, JURISDICTION (optional)
o LIST_GROUPS
Arguments: JURISDICTION
o SHOW_GROUP_DEFINITION
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, JURISDICTION (optional)
o SHOW_ROLES
Display the roles associated with the caller.
o TEST_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP
Test whether the caller is in the group specified by GROUP.
o 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.
o CREATE_GROUP
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, GROUP_TYPE
o DELETE_GROUP
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME
o ADD_GROUP_MEMBER
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME, MEMBER_TYPE, DACS
o DELETE_GROUP_MEMBER
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME
o PURGE_GROUP
Delete the specified cached group definition. JURISDICTION, GROUP_NAME
o CHANGE_GROUP_DEFINITION
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, NEW_GROUP_NAME
o 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.
o 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.
o APPLY_DELTAS
DIAGNOSTICS
The program exits 0 if everything was fine, 1 if an error occurred.
SEE ALSO
dacs(1)[5], dacs.groups(5)[6], regex(3)[7]
AUTHOR
Distributed Systems Software (www.dss.ca[8])
COPYING
Copyright2003-2012 Distributed Systems Software. See the LICENSE[9] file that accompanies the distribution for licensing information.
NOTES
1. dacsoptions
http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.1.html#dacsoptions
2. dacs_admin(8)
http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_admin.8.html
3. standard CGI arguments
http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.services.8.html#standard_cgi_args
4. groups.dtd
http://dacs.dss.ca/man/../dtd-xsd/groups.dtd
5. dacs(1)
http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.1.html
6. dacs.groups(5)
http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.groups.5.html
7. regex(3)
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=regex&apropos=0&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+9.0-RELEASE&format=html
8. www.dss.ca
http://www.dss.ca
9. LICENSE
http://dacs.dss.ca/man/../misc/LICENSE
DACS 1.4.27b 10/22/2012 DACS_GROUP(8)