MemberOf Plugin scoping defines what suffixes the plugin will act upon. You can define multiple “include” and/or “exclude” suffixes. This allows for more fine grained control over what memberships are maintained by the plugin.
If there are multiple backends, or a heavily nested suffix, it might be desirable to only maintain the memberOf attributes for certain subtrees. For example:
ou=internal,dc=example,dc=com
ou=external,dc=example,dc=com
ou=staff,o=company.com
You might only want to maintain the “memberOf” attribute for entries that exist under “ou=external,dc=example,dc=com”, or you might want to maintain “memberOf” for all branches except “ou=staff,o=company.com”.
There are two new multivalued configuration attributes that can be added to the MemberOf Plugin configuration:
memberOfEntryScope: <DN of a suffix to include>
memberOfEntryScopeExcludeSubtree: <DN of a suffix to exclude>
Note “exclude” scopes always override “include” scopes!
Here is a configuration example:
memberOfEntryScope: dc=example,dc=com
memberOfEntryScopeExcludeSubtree: ou=internal,dc=example,dc=com
memberOfEntryScopeExcludeSubtree: ou=private,dc=example,dc=com
This example updates the “memberOf” attribute for all entries under “dc=example,dc=com”, except entries under “ou=internal,dc=example,dc=com” & “ou=private,dc=example,dc=com”
Or, you can exclude entire suffixes
memberOfEntryScopeExcludeSubtree: o=company.com
So any entry under “o=company.com” is excluded, but any other backend or suffix is processed.
Note if “memberOfEntryScope” is omitted, it implies that all backends/suffixes are allowed.
Changes to these attributes are applied dynamically, and do not require the server to be restarted.
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Configuration can be set in the plugin entry or in it shared configuration entry
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