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OUD/ODSEE - How to Retrieve Members of a Dynamic Group & IsMemberOf Does Not Work with Dynamic Groups in a Search Filter (Doc ID 1643173.1)

Last updated on MAY 01, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.1.5.0 and later
Oracle Unified Directory - Version 11.1.1.5.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

To search/retrieve dynamic group members
Can ismemberof be used to identify dynamic group members?
 

Solution

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In this Document
Goal
Solution
 To retrieve group members from a dynamic group (without using the ismemberof attribute)
 1) Retrieve the memberURL value from the dynamic group using the ldapsearch command
 Retrieving all dynamic groups under a specific suffix
 Retrieving the memberurl value from a dynamic group entry
 2) Retrieve the dynamic group members by converting the value of the dynamic group's memberURL into an ldapsearch
 Retrieving the members of the dynamic group based on the memberurl value (which has and LDAP url syntax)


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