eimAddGroupRegistry()--Add a Group Registry to the EIM domain

 #include <eim.h>

 int eimAddGroupRegistry(EimHandle      * eim,
                         char           * registryName,
                         char           * registryType,
                         char           * description,
                         EimRC          * eimrc)
 

The eimAddGroupRegistry() function adds a group registry to the EIM domain. Once added, this registry is participating in the EIM domain. Mapping associations can only be made with identities in registries that are currently participating in the EIM domain.

A group registry can be used when a person has the same identity on multiple systems in the enterprise. You can define one association to the group registry that is used for all registries that are members of the group registry. The members of the group registry must have the same case sensitivity attribute (-caseIgnore or -caseExact) as the group. A group registry cannot be a member of another group registry. You can manage the members of a group registry using the Change EIM Registry (eimChangeRegistry) API.

See EIM Mapping Lookup Algorithm to see how associations to group registries are used in the mapping lookup operation.

EIM version 3 must be supported by the local EIM APIs to use this API (see eimGetVersion()--Get EIM Version).

Authorities and Locks

EIM Data

Access to EIM data is controlled by EIM access groups. LDAP administrators also have access to EIM data. The access groups whose members have authority to the EIM data for this API follow:

• EIM Administrator

Parameters

eim  (Input)

The EIM handle returned by a previous call to eimCreateHandle(). A valid connection is required for this function.

registryName  (Input)

The name for this group registry. This name needs to be unique within the EIM domain.

registryType  (Input)

A string form of an OID that represents the registry type and a user name normalization method. The normalization method is necessary because some registries are case-independent and others are case-dependent. EIM uses this information to make sure the appropriate search occurs. When a registry is case-independent registry user names are converted to uppercase. See eim.h for a list of predefined types. The type must be either EIM_REGTYPE_GROUP_REGISTRY_IG ("1.3.18.0.2.33.17-caseIgnore") or EIM_REGTYPE_GROUP_REGISTRY_EX ("1.3.18.0.2.33.18-caseExact").

description  (Input)

The description for this new group registry entry. This parameter may be NULL.

eimrc  (Input/Output)

The structure in which to return error code information. If the return value is not 0, eimrc is set with additional information. This parameter may be NULL. For the format of the structure, see EimRC--EIM Return Code Parameter.

Return Value

The return value from the API. Following each return value is the list of possible values for the messageCatalogMessageID field in the eimrc parameter for that value.

0

Request was successful.

EACCES

Access denied. Not enough permissions to access data.

EIMERR_ACCESS (1)

Insufficient access to EIM data.

EBADDATA

eimrc is not valid.

EBUSY

Unable to allocate internal system object.

EIMERR_NOLOCK (26)

Unable to allocate internal system object.

ECONVERT

Data conversion error.

EIMERR_DATA_CONVERSION (13)

Error occurred when converting data between code pages.

EEXIST

EIM registry entry already exists.

EIMERR_REGISTRY_EXISTS (37)

Registry entry already exists in EIM.

EINVAL

Input parameter was not valid.

EIMERR_CHAR_INVAL (21)	A restricted character was used in the object name. Check the API for a list of restricted characters.
EIMERR_HANDLE_INVAL (17)	EimHandle is not valid.
EIMERR_PARM_REQ (34)	Missing required parameter. Please check API documentation.
EIMERR_PTR_INVAL (35)	Pointer parameter is not valid.
EIMERR_REGTYPE_INVAL (62)	Registry type is not valid.
EIMERR_FUNCTION_NOT_SUPPORTED (70)	The specified function is not supported by the EIM version.

ENOMEM

Unable to allocate required space.

EIMERR_NOMEM (27)

No memory available. Unable to allocate required space.

ENOTCONN

LDAP connection has not been made.

EIMERR_NOT_CONN (31)

Not connected to LDAP. Use eimConnect() API and try the request again.

EROFS

LDAP connection is for read only. Need to connect to master.

EIMERR_READ_ONLY (36)

LDAP connection is for read only. Use eimConnectToMaster() to get a write connection.

EUNKNOWN

Unexpected exception.

EIMERR_LDAP_ERR (23)	Unexpected LDAP error. %s
EIMERR_UNKNOWN (44)	Unknown error or unknown system state.

Restrictions

There is a restriction on the characters allowed for a registry name.

The following characters are special characters that are not allowed in object names. They also should not be used in object attributes that would be used for a search operation.

 ,    =    +    <     >    #    ;   \   *    "

Related Information

• eimAddSystemRegistry() --Add a System Registry to the EIM Domain
  
  
• eimAddApplicationRegistry() --Add an Application Registry to the EIM Domain
  
  
• eimRemoveRegistry() --Remove a Registry from the EIM Domain
  
  
• eimChangeRegistry() --Change EIM Registry
  
  
• eimListRegistries() --List EIM Registries
  
  

Example

See Code disclaimer information for information pertaining to code examples.

The following example creates a new EIM group registry.

#include <eim.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int           rc;
    char          eimerr[100];
    EimRC       * err;
    EimHandle   * handle;

    /* Get eim handle from input arg.           */
    /* This handle is already connected to EIM. */
    handle = (EimHandle *)argv[1];

    /* Set up error structure.                 */
    memset(eimerr,0x00,100);
    err = (EimRC *)eimerr;
    err->memoryProvidedByCaller = 100;

    /* Add new group registry                  */
    if (0 != (rc = eimAddGroupRegistry(handle,
                                       "MyGroupRegistry",
                                       EIM_REGTYPE_GROUP_REGISTRY_IG,
                                       "The group registry",
                                       err)))
        printf("Add group registry error = %d", rc);

    return 0;
}