well, the company i currently work for sets the mailNickName of all users to "firstname.lastname". I didnt know there was any issue with changing the format of that attribute.
we have around 110,000 users mixed between Exchange and Lotus Domino and this is the format they have been using(why, i'm not sure, I just started here) I thought there could be a way to change the default format of the mailNickName attribute the same way you could change the format of the displayname. What issues can arise by changing the mailNickname format. I mean, what is this attibute for used exactly? I thought this was only used for POP3 and IMAP and maybe OWA and ADC. And I didnt think changing it could affect anything. Can you guys educate me, please? Thanks On 11/21/06, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not that I am aware of. I am with Al on this, keep it as the sAMAccountName. This value while isn't enforced to be unique really should be. Using sAMAccountName helps with that though it still allows duplicates in different domains. joe -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Kern Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 5:19 AM To: activedirectory Subject: [ActiveDir] mailNickName(OT) Is there anyway to change the format of the mailNickName attibute to be something other than sAMAccountName automatically? Is there something like a "display specifiers" change that could change the format during the automatic generation of it to be "firstname.lastname" or can this only be scripted? Thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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