[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 763 use full name for gecos

[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 04/01/2011 06:14 PM, Rich Megginson wrote:
> On 04/01/2011 02:17 PM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>> Stephen Gallagher wrote:
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>>> On 04/01/2011 03:55 PM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
>>>> Use fullname for gecos instead of uid.
>>>>
>>>> ticket 1146
>>>
>>>
>>> While it probably doesn't actually matter for these tests, I should note
>>> that the GECOS attribute in LDAP is IA5String, not UTF8.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, Ack.
>>
>> It is defined using Directory String syntax by 389-ds. According to
>> rfc 2307 it should be an IA5String, not sure why it isn't but we
>> inherit this schema.
> It is defined in the original rfc 2307 as Directory String, but 2307bis
> redefined it to IA5String.


Actually, I just looked at both RFC 2307 and RFC 2307bis. It's defined
as IA5String in both.

- From http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2307.txt:
3. Attribute definitions

   This section contains attribute definitions to be implemented by DUAs
   supporting this schema.
...
        ( nisSchema.1.2 NAME 'gecos'
          DESC 'The GECOS field; the common name'
          EQUALITY caseIgnoreIA5Match
          SUBSTRINGS caseIgnoreIA5SubstringsMatch
          SYNTAX 'IA5String' SINGLE-VALUE )


And from http://www.padl.com/~lukeh/rfc2307bis.txt
3.   Attribute definitions

     This section contains attribute definitions to be implemented by
     DUAs supporting this schema.
...
             ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.2 NAME 'gecos'
               DESC 'The GECOS field; the common name'
               EQUALITY caseIgnoreIA5Match
               SUBSTRINGS caseIgnoreIA5SubstringsMatch
               SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26
               SINGLE-VALUE )

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