well, there's really no standard rule on what "cn" should contain.. It's used in many instances as the full name of the person, but in other instances it's used as a unique id at that level of the tree.. Unfortunately the ldap backend is hardcoded to use that attribute for "full_name", so there's not much that can be done at the moment.
Chris On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 04:11, Armin Bauer wrote: > hi, > > i dont know the answer to your question... but wouldnt it be correct > if your ldap server was made up like this: > > cn=givenname surname etc > sn=surname > gn=givenname > uid=I0112233 > > and the dn: > uid=I0112233,dc=example,dc=org > > cn is supposed to be the name of the entity, so i think evolution is > behaving correctly > > Best Regards, Armin Bauer > > On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 22:29, Lawrence Mulligan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've got Evolution doing proper LDAP looks against our LDAP server > > except for one problem. Our LDAP system uses a USER ID as the cn, i.e. > > cn=I0112233. So browsing the LDAP contacts under "Other Contacts" or > > trying to send an email to someone looked up via LDAP results in the > > name being I0112233 etc. Here's a sample from the Contact Listings: > > > > I0112233 > > Name: I0112233 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Business: xxx/xxx-xxxx //Phone Number > > Dept: IT > > Title: Sys. Admin > > > > Now, names are sorted properly, i.e. 'D' names all show up when I click > > on the letter D on the right side of Evolution so the first name and > > last information is there. Browsing the LDAP server with GQ shows me > > that this is true: > > cn=I0112233 > > sn=Doe > > fullName=Doe, John > > givenName=John > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > My question is this: Is it possible to get Evolution to fill in the > > Persons name instead of I0112233 in under both "Other Contacts" and when > > doing a lookup when trying to address an email? The information there > > it's just not getting presented properly. > > > > Here are my vitals: SuSE 8.2/Evolution 1.4 > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Larry > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
