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> Does anyone knows in which version this is/will be fixed? I'm currently
> using 2.1.29/i386/bdb 4.52.
>

Please read
 
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Incoming?id=2788;selectid=2788;statetype=-1

from top to bottom and you'll know the answer.

_Ace


> Regards
> P.
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> > You;ll find the answer here:
> >
> > 	http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-bugs/200310/msg00089.html
> >
> > and here:
> >
> > 	http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200310/msg00328.html
> >
> > greetings,
> >
> >
> > _+Ace
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am just beginning to learn the syntax for access control with slapd.
> > > My question pertains to group regex's. The administrators manual and
> > > the slapd.access man page leave me a little confused.
> > >
> > > Quote from the slapd.access man page:
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >- The statement dn=<pattern> means that access is granted to the
> > > matching DN.  The optional style qualifier dnstyle allows the  same 
> > > choices  of the  dn	form of the <what> field.  In addition, the regex
> > > form of pattern can exploit substring substitution of  submatches  in 
> > > the <what> dn.regex  clause  by using the form $<digit>, with digit
> > > ranging from 1 to 9.
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >-
> > >
> > > Do the submatches work for groups also. For instance, take the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > > access to dn="cn=(.+),dc=example,dc=com"
> > > by group.regex="cn=$1,cn=test,dc=example,dc=com" write
> > > by * read
> > >
> > > access to * by * read
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > If they do indeed work for group.regex, then I would expect that access
> > > to an entry "cn=penguin,dc=example,dc=com" would be writable by the
> > > group "cn=penguin,cn=test,dc=example,dc=com" right?
> > >
> > > I tried this and it didn't work. I get insuficient rights errors when
> > > attempting to add an entry. Any help understanding this is appreciated.
> > > I'm running openldap-2.1.21 on Linux(Fedora Core 1).
> > >
> > > Also, does anyone know of a good book that covers access control in
> > > detail, or maybe links to some good tutorials or articles.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Matt M.
> >
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