Dynamic member attributes settings

Use this page to configure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) dynamic member attributes.

To view this administrative console page, complete the following steps:
  1. In the administrative console, click Security > Global security.
  2. Under User account repository, select Federated repositories from the Available realm definitions field and click Configure. To configure for a specific domain in a multiple security domain environment, click Security domains > domain_name. Under Security Attributes, expand User Realm, and click Customize for this domain. Select the Realm type as Federated repositories and then click Configure.
  3. Under Related items, click Manage repositories.
  4. Click Add > LDAP repository to specify a new external repository or select an external repository that is preconfigured.
  5. Under Additional properties, click Group attribute definition.
  6. Under Additional properties, click Dynamic member attributes.
  7. Click New to specify a new dynamic member attribute.

When you finish adding or updating your federated repository configuration, go to the Security > Global security panel and click Apply to validate the changes.

Name of dynamic member attribute

Specifies the name of the attribute that defines the filter for dynamic group members in LDAP. For example, memberURL is the name of a commonly used dynamic member attribute.

If both member and dynamic member attributes are specified for the same group type, this group type is a hybrid group with both static and dynamic members.

A dynamic group defines its members differently than a static group. Instead of listing the members individually, the dynamic group defines its members using an LDAP search. The filter for the search is defined in a dynamic member attribute. For example, the dynamic group uses the structural objectclass groupOfURLs, or auxiliary objectclass ibm-dynamicGroup, and the attribute memberURL, to define the search using a simplified LDAP URL syntax:

ldap:///<base DN of search>??<scope of search>?<searchfilter>

The following is an example of the LDAP URL that defines all entries that are under o=Acme with the objectclass=person:

ldap:///o=Acme,c=US??sub?objectclass=person