Notes: Grouper Call of Wed., August 12, 2015
Attending
Shilen Patel, Duke, stand in chair
Tom Barton, U. Chicago
Jim Fox, U. Washington
David Langenberg, U. Chicago
Gail Dunmire, Penn State
Vivek Sachdeva, independent
Emily Eisbruch, Internet2
New Action Items - from Aug 12 , 2015
[AI] (Dave) look at PSP replace attribute issue.
[AI] (Emily) look for the doc on priv inheritance (update: found this page, may or may not be helpful )
Carry Over Action Items
[AI] (Chris) document JNDI and paging on the wiki
DISCUSSION
Update on New Grouper Team Member to replace DaveL
-Still in the works
Issue roundup
Read-only and view-only admins: https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-1089
Done by Chris, Shilen found one issue on Admin UI
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Google connector: https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-1172
now in Github
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Loader display name change: https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-1091
Done by Vivek
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USDU improvements: https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-1170
if source not reachable it deleted memberships
there was no failsafe on how many it deleted
Shilen adjusted code and created a patch
Tom: what about a stateful approach to removing unresolvable Subjects? Eg, if not resolvable over a long enough period, then automatically remove. Everyone thought this is a *great* idea. :-)
Tom: what about a process for removing stale memberships?
What about memberships going away based on dynamic membership expiration criteria or signal?
Jim: this could be too complex and institution specific to handle within Grouper?
Gail: could it be in a config file to delete a membership after X days ?
Shilen: some of this can be done through rules
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Show friendly error if importing an old xml export to grouper 2.2: https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-1171
Done
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Grouper Processing Speed
Chris responded to this one
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PSP – replace attribute rather than delete + add
https://lists.internet2.edu/sympa/arc/grouper-dev/2015-08/msg00000.html
may just be a constraint of SPML.
[AI] (Dave) look at PSP replace attribute issue.
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Privilege inheritance that cannot be changed by admins
https://lists.internet2.edu/sympa/arc/grouper-users/2015-08/msg00001.html
Shilen: solve by a hook that can be configured?
Emily look for the doc explaining why priv. inheritance works as it does
[AI] (Emily) look for the doc on priv inheritance
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TIER update
Tom reported that work on TIER architectural planning is ongoing:
Continued action on finalizing requirements
Discussion on working group activities to start soon
Hope for bidirectional communication with TIER investing community
Update on Grouper at PSU
Gail: PSU is using Grouper for
1. access management for CPR (Central Person Registry)
2. building access, including deprovisioning
3. Gail plans to update Community Contrib page
Grouper BOF at 2015 Internet2 Technology Exchange
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2015, 12:30pm-1:30pm
https://meetings.internet2.edu/2015-technology-exchange/detail/10004043/
Next Grouper Call: Wed. Aug. 26 at noon ET
Grouper wiki: https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Grouper+Wiki+Home