GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 247156
First and last name wrong way around in LDAP addresses
Last modified: 2005-08-18 08:17:49 UTC
Description of Problem: When using an LDAP server for getting contact information the names of the contacts are the wrong way around (first name = last name, last name = first name). Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Add a data source ldap.kolumbus.fi, base dn c=fi 2. Search for names beginning with Andsten 3. Look at the results Actual Results: Even though ldapsearch -h ldap.kolumbus.fi -b c=fi returns the following information: sn: Andsten cn: Andsten Anne givenName: Anne the information appears as "Anne, Andsten" instead of "Andsten, Anne" in the ldap contacts view. Expected Results: The contact should be displayed as "Andsten, Anne" How often does this happen? Every time Additional Information: I'm currently using OpenLDAP 2.1.22. The same thing happened with 2.0.xx.
Seems to work for me...
Created attachment 42750 [details] The data I get from the LDAP server using ldapsearch
Created attachment 42751 [details] Screenshot of Evolution's interpretation of the data
Data from LDAP server and a screenshots of Evolution's interpretation attached. Full name should be "Anne Andsten" and File as should be "Andsten, Anne".
full name is mapped to cn value and since your cn is 'secondname firstname" evolution also displayes the same. If your CN is 'Anne Andsten', it would work as expected. we don't read cn, sn and then compare sn and cn to find the full name. According to me it's not fixable. reopen the bug if i have not not understood it correctly.