Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

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

Just to expand on the answer Chris gave, all groups can be treated as 
subjects. When you click 'Add members' you can either browse to find a 
group or you can search.

Gary

--On 12 January 2009 17:29 -0500 Chris Hyzer 
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 wrote:

> > 1. Is it possible to assign group permissions (e.g. ADMIN, UPDATE,
> > READ, etc.) to another group so that everyone in the designated group
> > receives those permissions dynamically?
>
> Yes, you can assign to a group or an individual, and it will be dynamic
> in that if you add a member to that group, then they will get that
> permission.  Same with group memberships (add a group as member to
> another group, and the memberships will dynamically cascade)
>
> > 2. When using the group permission "OPTIN", it seems that you have to
> > define in advance all of the subjects that will be allowed to opt in
> > because the permission is assigned to a subject. Is it possible to let
> > any subject opt in to a group without having to specify the subjects in
> > advance?
>
> Yes, there is a special subject "EveryEntity" or used to be "GrouperAll"
> I believe, and if that is assigned, then anyone has the permission
>
> > 3. I have seen "groupLookupName" in some v1.4 web services code
> > samples. What is it used for?
>
> e.g. if assigning members to group school:math:group1, then the group
> lookup name for that service would be the name of the group:
> school:math:group1 or you could specify the lookup uuid.  So it's the
> name of the group to lookup and once found, add members (for example)
>
> Chris



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GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing