[SAC] Re: create account page

[Tyler Mitchell]

I wouldn't worry about trying to programatically do anything.  That
said, I'll gladly go through the directory and populate/fix any
entries...if there is a way I can do that.

I'd just like to see the field on the sign-up and edit forms you've
made.  It's not just for moodle, but several apps I've been working
on.

On 7/25/07, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> >
> > On 25-Jul-07, at 5:47 AM, shawn barnes wrote:
> >
> >> There is a firstname attribute but, it is called givenName.
> >> The minimal attributes that were originally populated are,
> >>
> >>   givenName -> firstname
> >>   sn        -> lastname
> >>   cn        -> firstname lastname
> >>   mail      -> email
> >>   uid
> >>   userPassword
> >
> > So, Frank, it's safe to say that givenName attribute has not been
> > populated as there is no form field for it in the sign up page?
>
> Tyler,
>
> That is correct.  It is possible that givenName was set for a few
> accounts created by hand but it is generally not set.
>
> We have "cn" which is clearly the full name in LDAP usage, and
> "sn" which is surname.  I am hesitant to automatically populate
> the givenName automatically because I don't think it is entirely
> obvious what is the givenName in the cn field.  Not all cultures
> will have entered the "cn" as firstname lastname as we tend to.
> Also the "cn" hasn't been populated all that consistently.  Lots of
> folks just put first name.  Some have included honorifics, middle names,
> first initials, etc.
>
> Does Moodle really require a first name and a last name?
>
> Best regards,
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