jbuechele created page: Enabling openldap memberof authored by Johannes Buechele's avatar Johannes Buechele
# Enabling MemberOf (OpenLDAP)
1. Create `memberof_config.ldif` file
```ldif
dn: cn=module,cn=config
cn: module
objectClass: olcModuleList
olcModuleLoad: memberof
olcModulePath: /usr/lib/ldap
dn: olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config
objectClass: olcConfig
objectClass: olcMemberOf
objectClass: olcOverlayConfig
objectClass: top
olcOverlay: memberof
olcMemberOfDangling: ignore
olcMemberOfRefInt: TRUE
olcMemberOfGroupOC: groupOfNames
olcMemberOfMemberAD: member
olcMemberOfMemberOfAD: memberOf
```
2. Create `refint1.ldif` file
```ldif
dn: cn=module{1},cn=config
add: olcmoduleload
olcmoduleload: refint
```
3. Create `refint2.ldi` file
```ldif
dn: olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config
objectClass: olcConfig
objectClass: olcOverlayConfig
objectClass: olcRefintConfig
objectClass: top
olcOverlay: {1}refint
olcRefintAttribute: memberof member manager owner
```
4. To set up the memberof module and configure it, run this command:
```
sudo ldapadd -Q -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f memberof_config.ldif
```
5. To load and configure the refint module
```
sudo ldapmodify -Q -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f /tmp/refint1.ldif
sudo ldapadd -Q -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f /tmp/refint2.ldif
```
>Every group created before this module is enabled has to be deleted and remade in order for these changes to take effect. LDAP assigns a "member" attribute behind the scenes to existing users when creating a group.
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