Yes, Formativ only uses the first configuration object found when checking certain eDirectory objects for the See Also field entry. It checks backwards up the tree for a Formativ Configuration Object entry, starting from the User Object, in the following order:
1. User Object 2. Group Object (only if Group search is enabled in the Formativ Windows Control Panel Applet) 3. Organization Unit Object 4. Organization Object
I understand the discovery process for objects, however there is no documentation for the Group Object specifically, which is confusing because a user can be a member of multiple groups.
In other words, if a certain user is a member of two groups (Group A and Group B) and those groups are associated with two different Config Objects: Config Object 1 -> Group A and Config Object 2 -> Group B, then which Config Object will the user be assigned?
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The name of the assigned Config object is listed in the Formativ configuration. You can obtain the configuration by selecting Help | About Formativ… from the GroupWise main menu. When the About Formativ dialog appears, go to the Configuration tab. The 5th and 6th lines should look something like:
quote:
Caching Protocol: NDAP Config “CN=Admin Configuration.OU=Formativ.O=IPE” located in GROUP “CN=FormativAdmins.O=IPE”
Yes, I am aware of the info in the About Formativ dialog.
What I would like to know is how does Formativ determine which group to use when a user is in multiple groups that have different Config objects. Using this information, I will then arrange my groups so that I can pre-determine which applets a user will get.
For example, would groups higher up in the eDir tree take precedence over groups deeper in the tree? Or would it be the other way?
