Userproperty "Fullname" in GUI / ADSI Attribute

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Franz Schenk

Does anyone know which ADSI User attribute corresponds to the Username
displayed in the MMC AD Users and Computers (without opening the user)? In
the GUI, the column header is "Name". When a user is renamed in the GUI, the
same Username is in a field "Full Name".
But there is no "Fullname" attribute for the user object (MSDN).

Thanks in advance for any help
Franz
 
Does anyone know which ADSI User attribute corresponds to the Username
displayed in the MMC AD Users and Computers (without opening the user)? In
the GUI, the column header is "Name". When a user is renamed in the GUI, the
same Username is in a field "Full Name".
But there is no "Fullname" attribute for the user object (MSDN).

Thanks in advance for any help
Franz
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I believe it is name, but check out displayName also.


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
Hi,

I think the name in the "Users and Computers" Snap-In ist the "cn" attribute
from this object!

Marc
 
Does anyone know which ADSI User attribute corresponds to the Username
displayed in the MMC AD Users and Computers (without opening the user)? In
the GUI, the column header is "Name". When a user is renamed in the GUI, the
same Username is in a field "Full Name".
But there is no "Fullname" attribute for the user object (MSDN).
Click to expand...

"displayName" should be the one.

There's a really good spreadsheet of which ADU&C fields correpsond to
LDAP attribute on Richard Mueller's excellent web site - go have a
look, well worth it !!

http://www.rlmueller.net/UserAttributes.htm

Direct download:
http://www.rlmueller.net/References/ADUCProperties.xls

Marc

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Microsoft MVP for Directory Services Programming
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Thank you all for the quick help, the link to the Excel Sheet below is gold
value!

the "cn" name ist the attribute to use. But we have discovered that with the
tool we use (createusers.vbs from W2K Reskit), this attribute is always
translated to lowercase chars.
It was no problem to remark the line that performs the lowercase
translation, and the script works now as it should.

Now the question: Is there any reason that MS translates the cn name to
lowercase, or is it no problem to use mixed case characters?

Thanks in advance for any hint.
Franz
 
Gruess Dich, Franz!

How is Switzerland these days?

Anyway, to your question - I can only think for compatibility with Unix off
of the top of my head. I have always created user account object in lower
case. Not that I have ever done anything with any version or variation of
Unix. As you know, Unix seems to want everything - as far as user names -
to be all lower case. Just a shot in the dark. I can find out if you
really need to know but can not promise anything timewise....could be a few
hours or could be a few days.

HTH,

Cary
 
Hello Cary

Thank you for your help and your offer. But for us, there is no need for
further researching this question. We use the scripts in native Windows 2000
/ 2003 environments without Unix. It's also possible to use mixed characters
when creating Users through the GUI what most people do, so there can not be
a major problem with that. I just wonder why MS included this line in Reskit
scripts, the Unix issue you describe is probably the explanation.

Switzerland is quite and we enjoy a two week period of finest, warm summer
weather. This is rare this year and will unfortunately change already from
this weekend.

Franz
 
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