[Kolab-devel] Problems with LDAP accounts in Kolab GUI

[Steffen Hansen]

On Tuesday 26 July 2005 13:48, Hamish wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 July 2005 10:35, Roland Gruber wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have some strnage problems with LDAP accounts which were not
> > created with the Kolab GUI.
> >
> > This is my test entry:
> >
> > dn: cn=testneu,dc=lappi
> > cn: testneu
> > uid: testneu
> > uidNumber: 10002
> > gidNumber: 10000
> > homeDirectory: /home/testneu
> > loginShell: /bin/bash
> > objectClass: posixAccount
> > objectClass: inetOrgPerson
> > objectClass: kolabInetOrgPerson
> > givenName: neuer
> > mail: testneu at lappi
> > sn: test
> > kolabHomeServer: default.kolab.de
> > kolabInvitationPolicy: ACT_MANUAL
> > userPassword: {SSHA}T9hBa+LnmuC+I4QoqJGtARVBC4EtXx8P
> >
> >
> > 1. The first name is not displayed correctly. Kolab shows me the
> > first name as "tes" instead of "neuer".
> >
> > Any idea where this comes from? There is no "tes" in any attribute.
> > Must there be any relation between cn and sn/givenName?

Yes, for now CN must equal "<givenName> <SN>".

> > 2. When I try to change the first/last name I get an object class
> > violation. It looks like Kolab changes the cn attribute to a
> > temporary value (e.g. "ara4yya0s2ktairb") and then changes the DN.
> > After that it builds a new account with the new DN and adds all
> > attributes to it. But there it does not add all object classes and
> > the LDAP server reports a schema violation.
> >
> > Can you change this behaviour so that Kolab also copies the object
> > classes? It would be even better if you did not create a new
> > account but just use ldap_rename() to change the DN.

I can't remember the actual problem right now, but there was some good 
reason that rename did not work.

regards
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