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["Dr. Loris Bennett" <>]

Hi,

I am planning to introduce unix-like group IDs for some groups within
grouper. Currently I have:

- A custom type with a group ID as an attribute
- A database sequence for the IDs
- A hook which inserts an ID from the sequence when a group is created
with the   corresponding custom type.

What I still need are:

- A mechanism to ensure that an ID is not used more than once (e.g. some
sort of DB constraint on the attribute value)
- A mechanism to prevent the ID being changed (probably just setting the
write privilege accordingly)
- Perhaps a view of display names and group IDs

Since it seems to me that this is a rather general feature that others
might require, I was wondering whether:

a) anyone has already done this
b) whether, should there be interest, such a feature could be packaged
as an add-on for grouper

Thoughts?

Loris

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