RE: users with same cn in an OU
- From: "Michael B. Smith" <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:52:39 -0400
<pedant>
A/D does not enforce the uniqueness of a UPN (ADU&C does, but that's
just a GUI). However, if duplicate UPNs exist in a forest, the accounts
associated with those duplicates will be unable to authenticate via a
UPN.
</pedant>
-----Original Message-----
From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 5:33 PM
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Subject: [exchangelist] RE: users with same cn in an OU
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You are correct. As long as the UPN, samaccountname, and RDN are
unique,
then they can be created. To the system, it's usually a GUID anyway.
-----Original Message-----
From: Monika Rabarison [mailto:monika.k.rabarison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 5:28 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: users with same cn in an OU
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Mulnick, Al wrote:
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
>
> Couple of things come to mind.
> I prefer to just get rid of the dead weight and only issue accounts to
> those that have a unique name; it cuts down on admin overhead. ;)
I agree.
>
> Similar to SMTP addresses in a domain, there can be only one. In your
> case, you can have more than one cn assuming that RDN is unique and
> UPN/samaccountname are unique. My preference is to keep the CN and
> samAccountName unique as it doesn't confuse the user.
>
Not very sure I understand here.
So, can there be an account with cn=John L. Smith, ou=Management,
dc=testdomain, dc=com, sAMAccountName=jsmith, and an other account with
cn=John L. Smith, ou=testdomain, dc=com, sAMAccountName=smithj? In other
words are these two accounts distincts?
Thanks,
Monika
> In practice, you can make the samaccountname different than the cn
> (and it typically is by default) but you'll need some sort of
> tie-breaking method such as adding a character, numeral, etc.
>
> Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monika Rabarison [mailto:monika.k.rabarison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 4:03 PM
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> Subject: [exchangelist] users with same cn in an OU
>
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>
>
> Hi,
>
> What to do if one has two users with exactly the same full name in an
> OU? In other words, how to make their accounts unique?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Monika
>
>
>
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