Populate the given profile object from AUTH_LDAP_PROFILE_FLAGS_BY_GROUP.
        Returns True if the profile was modified.

def _populate_profile_from_group_memberships(self, profile):
        """
        Populate the given profile object from AUTH_LDAP_PROFILE_FLAGS_BY_GROUP.
        Returns True if the profile was modified.
        """
        save_profile = False

        for field, group_dns in self.settings.PROFILE_FLAGS_BY_GROUP.items():
            if isinstance(group_dns, six.string_types):
                group_dns = [group_dns]
            value = any(self._get_groups().is_member_of(dn) for dn in group_dns)
            setattr(profile, field, value)
            save_profile = True

        return save_profile