On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 15:09 CET, Frank Karlitschek <[email protected]> wrote: > An admin can disable the option for users to change the display name. I > depends on the user scenario if this is useful and save or not. In case you > use a directory like LDAP then we rely on a properly configured useraccounts > in it including unique and understandable display names. > > The scenario of different LDAP servers is interesting but I'm not sure if it > is in the scope of ownCloud to resolve naming collisions in his case. This > can and should be solved in the LDAP configuration. > > Frank > I completely agree with you there. In such an environment naming collisions can only be prevented by a prudent configuration. However, I still don't see the point of non-unique display names. Due to the potential for confusion, we need a different way to distinguish users on the screen. Unfortunately the only standardized option available at the moment is the login name which may be "pop55307", "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e", or something equally opaque. I think we need a better alternative and requiring display names to be unique is the most simple solution I can think of.
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