Groups and membership issues and limitations

This section contains issues and limitations related to groups, members, and membership.

Member and membership attribute configuration
You can configure the memberAttributes and membershipAttribute in virtual member manager to search for a group membership relationship in an LDAP server.
Disabling nested group searches
Follow these steps to disable nested group searches when logging on to WebSphere Application Server.
No results returned when searching groups in LDAP repository
Follow the steps listed here to troubleshoot when searching for groups in an LDAP repository does not return any results.
The members of a group are not listed
Follow the steps listed here to troubleshoot when members of a group are not listed when searching an LDAP repository.
Unable to get members for a group in federated repositories
Follow the steps listed here to troubleshoot when you are unable to get members of the respective group in federated repositories.
Unable to get current members of a group in database repository
Follow the steps listed here to troubleshoot if an EntityNotFoundException with a CWWIM4001E string occurs when you are trying to get the current members of a group in a database repository with cross-repository configuration.
Unable to apply group membership while creating new user
Follow the steps listed here to troubleshoot if an error occurs when applying group membership while creating a user.
Sun ONE LDAP nsrole configuration
The nsrole attribute is a special feature of Sun ONE LDAP, which is used to represent the role of a user.
Dynamic group configuration
Use this information to configure the dynamic group member attribute.
WebSphere Member Manager functions not available in virtual member manager
The WebSphere Member Manager (WMM) functions that are not available in virtual member manager are listed here.