Multiple Users with the same name

[Richard Bos]

Op Tuesday 26 August 2008 01:47:03 schreef Mike G:
> Hi Alain,
>
> thanks a lot for your reply.
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Mike G <geekmonkey71 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> how can I do the following in Kolab?
> >
> >this is a 2.1 or beffore
>
> The version is 2.2 on Ubuntu 8.04
>
> >> I have 2 users with the same name, one for example working in
> >> Accounting, the other one in R&D
> >>
> >> User 1:
> >> Full Name: John Doe
> >> email: j.doe at example.com
> >>
> >> User 2:
> >> Full Name: John Doe
> >> email:john.doe at example.com
> >>
> >> So far Kolab does not let me create a second User "John Doe", looks like
> >> first name, lastname has to be a unique combination. Thanks in advance
> >
> >When you create a new user, you can set the UID yourself (not use the
> >default value that
> >is baseed on the first and lastname), but use the primary email
> >address to avoid an UID clash.
>
> That's what I expected, but it doesn't work.
>  I enter the first name and last name for the first account, j.doe as
> primary email (the domain is already displayed on the screen so I assume I
> only chose the part before the @ sign) and in the UID field I enter
> j.doe at example.com. That works fine.
>
> Then I enter first and last name for the second account,  enter john.doe as
> primary email and in the UID field I enter john.doe at example.com. The Kolab
> repsponses with:
>
> LDAP Error: could not add object cn=John Doe,dc=example,dc=com: Already
> exists
>
> Do I need to configure anything on the LDAP?
> If so, how?
>
> Thanks
> Mike

I believe that there is an issue open for this:
https://www.intevation.de/roundup/kolab/issue1549  If it is the right, you see 
you're not alone, and the prio of the issue is urgent. 


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