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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
David Boreham, Livingston, MT (US);
Peter Rowley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark C. Smith, Saline, MI (US);
David Boreham, Livingston, MT (US);
Peter Rowley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark C. Smith, Saline, MI (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Role is a comprehensive grouping mechanism used in a directory server. In a client-server directory system, roles transfer some of the complexity to the directory server. A role is defined by its role definition entry. Assigning entries to roles enables applications to locate the roles of a target entry, rather than select a group and browse the members list. By changing a role definition, a user can change an entire organization with ease. Any client with appropriate access privileges can discover, identify and examine any role definition. An enumerated role is one that contains a list of target entries as members. By simply searching for the membership of the enumerated role, a client application will obtain a list of all members that possess that enumerated role.