From 86d6603beab557a6d9b927bf52187da4dc6d5e40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Simpson <>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:37:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add PI to posixgroup on creation of project

Signed-off-by: David Simpson <>
---
 coldfront/plugins/project_openldap/tasks.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/coldfront/plugins/project_openldap/tasks.py b/coldfront/plugins/project_openldap/tasks.py
index 01e782fc9..b2eec3d25 100644
--- a/coldfront/plugins/project_openldap/tasks.py
+++ b/coldfront/plugins/project_openldap/tasks.py
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ def add_project(project_obj):
 
     add_posixgroup_to_openldap(posixgroup_dn, openldap_posixgroup_description, gid_int)
 
+    # 3) add the PI to the posixgroup
+    add_members_to_openldap_posixgroup(posixgroup_dn, [project_obj.pi.username])
+
 
 # Coldfront archive project action
 def remove_project(project_obj):