dacs_group

DACS_GROUP(8)

DACS Web Services and CGI

DACS_GROUP(8)

NAME

dacs_group — DACS group administration

SYNOPSIS

dacs_group [dacsoptions]

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) web service.

Web Service Arguments

Besides the standard CGI arguments, 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.

SHOW_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, JURISDICTION (optional)
LIST_GROUPS
Arguments: JURISDICTION
SHOW_GROUP_DEFINITION
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, JURISDICTION (optional)
SHOW_ROLES
Display the roles associated with the caller.
TEST_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP
Test whether the caller is in the group specified by GROUP.
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.
CREATE_GROUP
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, GROUP_TYPE
DELETE_GROUP
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME
ADD_GROUP_MEMBER
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME, MEMBER_TYPE, DACS
DELETE_GROUP_MEMBER
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME
PURGE_GROUP
Delete the specified cached group definition. JURISDICTION, GROUP_NAME
CHANGE_GROUP_DEFINITION
Arguments: GROUP_NAME, NEW_GROUP_NAME
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) that is the value of GROUPS.
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.
APPLY_DELTAS