Grouper Developers Forum

["GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing" <>]

--On 08 July 2009 10:17 -0400 Chris Hyzer 
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 wrote:

> > The difference is that lists are only there if you you define them for
> > a
> > type and assign the type to a group. Actions are always there and are
> > permission specific - but that just comes back to whether we should be
> > loading attributes in this way.
>
> 1. I think lists are global in Grouper.  If you define a list, any group
> can use it (right??)  I didn't think you needed a type on the group
No, they are part of a type - list vs attribute i.e.

in QuickStart db:

select distinct type from grouper_fields ->

access (internal use - base type)
attribute
list
naming (internal - naming type)

> 2. Types are only for attribute fields (I thought)
No
> 3. You use lists even if you don't define them, the default list is the
> "members" list.  You don't care about this, you just know you don't want
> multiple, that is how the attribute assignment will be.  It will be
> useful in privileges, and if someone wants to use it for plain old
> attributes they will be able to.  If you don't need it, pretend like it
> isn't there, just like the "members" list
Well, a group wouldn't be a group without a list of members...
> Thanks,
> Chris



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GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing