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DACS_GROUP(8)						     DACS Web Services Manual						     DACS_GROUP(8)

NAME
       dacs_group - DACS group administration

SYNOPSIS
       dacs_group [dacsoptions[1]]

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)[2] web service.

   Web Service Arguments
       Besides the standard CGI arguments[3], 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.

	   o   SHOW_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP

	       Arguments: GROUP_NAME, JURISDICTION (optional)

	   o   LIST_GROUPS

	       Arguments: JURISDICTION

	   o   SHOW_GROUP_DEFINITION

	       Arguments: GROUP_NAME, JURISDICTION (optional)

	   o   SHOW_ROLES

	       Display the roles associated with the caller.

	   o   TEST_GROUP_MEMBERSHIP

	       Test whether the caller is in the group specified by GROUP.

	   o   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.

	   o   CREATE_GROUP

	       Arguments: GROUP_NAME, GROUP_TYPE

	   o   DELETE_GROUP

	       Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME

	   o   ADD_GROUP_MEMBER

	       Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME, MEMBER_TYPE, DACS

	   o   DELETE_GROUP_MEMBER

	       Arguments: GROUP_NAME, MEMBER_NAME

	   o   PURGE_GROUP

	       Delete the specified cached group definition.  JURISDICTION, GROUP_NAME

	   o   CHANGE_GROUP_DEFINITION

	       Arguments: GROUP_NAME, NEW_GROUP_NAME

	   o   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[4]) that is the value of GROUPS.

	   o   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.

	   o   APPLY_DELTAS

DIAGNOSTICS
       The program exits 0 if everything was fine, 1 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO
       dacs(1)[5], dacs.groups(5)[6], regex(3)[7]

AUTHOR
       Distributed Systems Software (www.dss.ca[8])

COPYING
       Copyright2003-2012 Distributed Systems Software. See the LICENSE[9] file that accompanies the distribution for licensing information.

NOTES
	1. dacsoptions
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.1.html#dacsoptions

	2. dacs_admin(8)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_admin.8.html

	3. standard CGI arguments
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.services.8.html#standard_cgi_args

	4. groups.dtd
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/../dtd-xsd/groups.dtd

	5. dacs(1)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.1.html

	6. dacs.groups(5)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.groups.5.html

	7. regex(3)
	   http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=regex&apropos=0&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+9.0-RELEASE&format=html

	8. www.dss.ca
	   http://www.dss.ca

	9. LICENSE
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/../misc/LICENSE

DACS 1.4.27b							    10/22/2012							     DACS_GROUP(8)