I'm trying to set up access controls for the server. Here are the rules I am trying to impliment olcAccess: {0}to attrs=userPassword,shadowLastChange by anonymous auth by self write by * none olcAccess: {1}to dn.regex="ou=Contacts,uid=([^,]+),ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by dn.exact,expand="uid=$1,ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by * none olcAccess: {2}to dn.regex="ou=Contacts,cn=([^,]+),ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by group.exact,expand="cn=$1,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by * none olcAccess: {3}to dn.regex="cn=([^,]+),ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by group.exact,expand="cn=Admin,cn=$1,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by group="cn=Management,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by users read olcAccess: {4}to dn.base="ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by group.exact="cn=Management,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" write by users read olcAccess: {5}to dn.base="ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by group.exact="cn=Management,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" write by users read olcAccess: {6}to * by users read by * none - Basically I have groups, and within those groups I have Contact lists and administrators. I want the administrator to have write access, other members to have read access, and non members to have none. This rule is what I think should work for that: dn.regex="ou=Contacts,cn=([^,]+),ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by group.exact,expand="cn=$1,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by * none I know this rule works for individual user contact lists: dn.regex="ou=Contacts,uid=([^,]+),ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by dn.exact,expand="uid=$1,ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by * none I think the problem I am running into is having the <who> field as group.exact,expand Can I not do this? If not, is there any way to acheive the same result? thanks, darryl

Thanks, but not quite if I have a group cn=mygroup,ou=Groups,dc=.... then I also have a subgroup cn=admin,cn=mygroup,ou=groups,dc=.... I want the members of the subgroup to have write access to the parent group, and the members of the parent group to only have read access. Zdenek Styblik wrote: > Darryl Moore wrote: >> I'm trying to set up access controls for the server. Here are the rules >> I am trying to impliment >> >> olcAccess: {0}to attrs=userPassword,shadowLastChange by anonymous auth >> by self write by * none >> olcAccess: {1}to >> dn.regex="ou=Contacts,uid=([^,]+),ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by >> dn.exact,expand="uid=$1,ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by * none >> olcAccess: {2}to >> dn.regex="ou=Contacts,cn=([^,]+),ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by >> group.exact,expand="cn=$1,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by * none >> olcAccess: {3}to dn.regex="cn=([^,]+),ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by >> group.exact,expand="cn=Admin,cn=$1,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by >> group="cn=Management,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by users read >> olcAccess: {4}to dn.base="ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by >> group.exact="cn=Management,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" write by users read >> olcAccess: {5}to dn.base="ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by >> group.exact="cn=Management,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" write by users read >> olcAccess: {6}to * by users read by * none >> - >> >> Basically I have groups, and within those groups I have Contact lists >> and administrators. I want the administrator to have write access, other >> members to have read access, and non members to have none. >> >> This rule is what I think should work for that: >> >> dn.regex="ou=Contacts,cn=([^,]+),ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by >> group.exact,expand="cn=$1,ou=Groups,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by * none >> >> >> I know this rule works for individual user contact lists: >> >> dn.regex="ou=Contacts,uid=([^,]+),ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca$" by >> dn.exact,expand="uid=$1,ou=People,dc=moores,dc=ca" write by * none >> >> >> I think the problem I am running into is having the <who> field as >> >> group.exact,expand >> >> Can I not do this? If not, is there any way to acheive the same result? >> >> thanks, >> darryl >> >> > by ssf=128 set="[cn=admin,ou=groups,dc=domain,dc=tld]/member & user" write > > -> > > any member of group 'admin' (groupOfNames) can write to... > > I'm not sure if that's what you're trying to do. > > Zdenek >

Thanks Zdenek, Going back to my books I am learning more thanks to your comment. I think I understand what you are saying, but to work I still need to be able to expand the regular expression so even with set="cn=..../member*" it would have to be set,expand="cn.../member*". because I have to match the group. I don't have a central admin group. from what I've seen ",expand" only works with dn. constructs. Is that right? How else can I do this? cheers, darryl