Re: [Evolution] LDAP Contact Name Formating Issue

[Armin Bauer <azrael desscon com>]

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:		johndoe company com
> 	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
> 	mail=johndoe company com
>
> 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
>
>
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