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[Loris Bennett <>]

Hi Gary,

Comment below.

Loris

On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 09:31 +0000, GW Brown, Information Systems and
Computing wrote: 
> Hi Loris,
> 
> Comments below.
> 
> Gary
> 
> --On 10 March 2009 08:54 +0000 "Dr. Loris Bennett" 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> > 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)
> I imagine this should be done by hooks. Perhaps the 
> GroupAttributeNameValidationHook could have a pluggable mechanism where 
> regex is just one of the options
> 
> > - Perhaps a view of display names and group IDs
> Would you want the unix id to always be shown when the group is or in some 
> specific context?

I wasn't thinking of a particular situation, but just felt that if I
were to start dishing out university-wide group IDs I would need some
list of groups the groups with their IDs at some point. However I would
not necessarily want to display this within grouper.

Cheers 

Loris

> 
> The way group names are displayed isn't as tidy as it could/should be, but 
> is something that could be improved
> >
> > 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
> I'm sure others intend to use groups similarly but I don't know if they 
> have hooks to implement the constraints
> > b) whether, should there be interest, such a feature could be packaged
> > as an add-on for grouper
> >
> > Thoughts?
> I think that would be a good idea as it should be a common requirement. The 
> means of obtaining a new id should be abstract so sites can implement their 
> own mechanism.
> >
> > Loris
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
> > Freie Universität Berlin
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> >
> 
> 
> 
> ----------------------
> GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing
> 
-- 
Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
Freie Universität Berlin
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Compute & Media Service
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