[Freeipa-users] AD/IPA Full Name

[Simo Sorce]

On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 13:48 +0100, Attila Bogár wrote:
> When I change a user's full name in IPA, usermod --cn="New Name", IPA 
> pushes back the full name into the (read-only) Name: attribute
> succesfully.
> 
> So this workaround does exactly what I want, though I'm wondering if 
> anyone knows what consequences it could have, that IPA is changing 
> read-only attributes in the AD?

The Full Name field is not read-only in AD.
It is exactly the attribute in which you are supposed to put the user's
Full Name.

Simo.

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