[turba] Turba changing contact name

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Quoting Tom Redfern <thos at fonebone.net>:

| On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:00:54PM -0400, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:
| > Quoting Tom Redfern <thos at fonebone.net>:
| >
| > > This is an old primary key problem is the db business.  I'm working
| > > with a similar problem.  I would suggest that one solution would be to
| > > create an attribute (like uid) which is simply guaranteed to be unique
| > > and use that for the dn:
| >
| > This kind of ignores the way LDAP works, though, and doesn't work with a
| > directory set up previously.
|
| I'm not sure why it violates any rule of ldap though.
|
| I don't think it's a good idea to use the cn as part of the dn, since
| it's something to be changed by users.  You really do need something
| unique so users can create and rename as they please - a level of
| indirection.
|
| If you did UIDs, I think you would have to generate them outside of ldap.

How about the mail attribute?

ed
|
| >
| > -chuck
| >
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