Re: [Fedora-directory-users] best practice for uid provisioning?

[Rich Megginson]

Scott Gilbert wrote:
>  I inherited an ldap with odd design. It has a custom
>  attribute as the rdn in the dn for all entries. The
>  rdn is not the uid. People entries are provisioned
>  automatically and users choose a uid after their entry
>  has been created for login purposes. The custom
>  attribute for the rdn serves as a unique identifier.
>  The uid is also unique.
>
>  I found that getting products to work with this ldap
>  is difficult because they expect the uid to be in the
>  dn. 
Which products have problems?
>  Comments? Should I put the uid back in the dn?
>  Seems like it would make my life a lot simpler.
>     
Sure.  A simple modrdn when the uid is assigned.
>  And what methods are best to create entries for users
>  without a uid? Maybe assign a temp and have them
>  change it? Or just assign them which is always the
>  easiest. Thanks.
>     
Either way, but the former sounds like more work.
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