Filtering_groups_by_type

Filtering_groups_by_type#

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Overview#

There is no method how to filter groups by type. Group type is basically a variation of object classes. Prerequisite for #3333.

Use Cases#

  • Web UI ticket #3333 needs this functionality in order to offer a combobox with only posix groups for setting Default Fallback Group in Trust config.

  • CLI user can use it for getting only POSIX groups, external groups and non-POSIX groups.

Design#

There are three types of public groups: non-POSIX, POSIX and external. Private groups are considered a special case and are not part of this design.

  • POSIX group is a group with object class posixGroup

  • external group is a group with object class ipaExternalGroup

  • non-POSIX group is a group which is not posix nor external: it doesn’t have posixGroup nor ipaExternalGroup object class.

New flags were added to group find command:

  • –posix

  • –nonposix

  • –external

When a flag is set, filtering is done according to mapping described above.

Implementation#

No additional requirements or changes were discovered during the implementation phase.

Feature Management#

UI

A prerequisite for other feature. No other direct impact.

CLI

Variations with following additional option variations of group-find command can be now executed:

group-find --external
group-find --posix
group-find --nonposix

Major configuration options and enablement#

N/A

Replication#

N/A

Updates and Upgrades#

N/A

Dependencies#

N/A

External Impact#

N/A

RFE author#

Pvoborni

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