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Bind Rules
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Self Access (self Keyword)
Specifies that users are granted or denied access to their own entries. In this case,
access is granted or denied if the bind DN matches the DN of the targeted entry.
From the Server Console, you set up self access on the Access Control Editor. For
more information, see “Creating ACIs From the Console,” on page 229.
Parent Access (parent Keyword)
Specifies that users are granted or denied access to the entry only if their bind DN
is the parent of the targeted entry.
You cannot set up parent access control using the Server Console.
LDAP URLs
You can dynamically target users in ACIs using a URL with a filter as follows:
userdn = "ldap:///<suffix>??sub?(filter)"
For example, all users in the accounting and engineering branches of the
example.com
tree would be granted or denied access to the targeted resource
dynamically based on the following URL:
userdn = "ldap:///dc=example,dc=com??sub?(|(ou=engineering)
(ou=accounting))"
For more information about LDAP URLs, see Appendix C, “LDAP URLs.”
Wildcards
You can also specify a set of users by using the wildcard character (*). For example,
specifying a user DN of
uid=u*,dc=example,dc=com
indicates that only users
with a bind DN beginning with the letter
u
will be allowed or denied access based
on the permissions you set.
From the Server Console, you set user access from the Access Control Editor. For
more information, see “Creating ACIs From the Console,” on page 229.
Examples
This section contains examples of the
userdn
syntax.
NOTE
Do not specify a hostname or port number within the LDAP URL.
LDAP URLs always apply to the local server.