RE: users with same cn in an OU
- From: Monika Rabarison <monika.k.rabarison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:04:03 -0500 (CDT)
In my example, the UPNs could be jmisth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and
smithj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, but the RDN (I guess)is the same with the value
"cn=John L. Smith".
Did you mean the combination of UPN-sAMAccountName-RDN is unique?
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Mulnick, Al wrote:
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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
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> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: users with same cn in an OU
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> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Mulnick, Al wrote:
>
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> > 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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