.I authzFrom
or
.IR authzTo .
+
+.LP
The second form is a
-.BR DN ,
-with the optional style modifiers
+.BR DN .
+The optional
+.B dnstyle
+modifiers
.IR exact ,
.IR onelevel ,
.IR children ,
and
.I subtree
-for exact, onelevel, children and subtree matches, which cause
+provide exact, onelevel, children and subtree matches, which cause
.I <pattern>
-to be normalized according to the DN normalization rules, or the special
+to be normalized according to the DN normalization rules.
+The special
+.B dnstyle
+modifier
.I regex
-style, which causes the
+causes the
.I <pattern>
to be treated as a POSIX (''extended'') regular expression, as
discussed in
A pattern of
.I *
means any non-anonymous DN.
+
+.LP
The third form is a SASL
-.BR id ,
-with the optional fields
+.BR id .
+The optional fields
.I <mech>
and
.I <realm>
-that allow to specify a SASL
+allow specification of a SASL
.BR mechanism ,
and eventually a SASL
.BR realm ,
for those mechanisms that support one.
The need to allow the specification of a mechanism is still debated,
and users are strongly discouraged to rely on this possibility.
-The fourth form is a group specification, consisting of the keyword
+
+.LP
+The fourth form is a group specification.
+It consists of the keyword
.BR group ,
-optionally followed by the specification of the group
+optionally followed by the specification of
.B objectClass
-and member
+and
.BR attributeType .
+The
+.B objectClass
+defaults to
+.IR memberOf .
+The
+.B attributeType
+defaults to
+.IR member .
The group with DN
.B <pattern>
-is searched with base scope, and in case of match, the values of the
-member
+is searched with base scope, filtered on the specified
+.BR objectClass .
+The values of the resulting
.B attributeType
are searched for the asserted DN.
-For backwards compatibility, if no identity type is provided, i.e. only
+
+.LP
+The fifth form is provided for backwards compatibility. If no identity
+type is provided, i.e. only
.B <pattern>
is present, an
.I exact DN
is assumed; as a consequence,
.B <pattern>
is subjected to DN normalization.
+
+.LP
Since the interpretation of
.I authzFrom
and