Updating Name only updates some names

[mxmeinhold]

When a user sets name, profiles only updates cn, however cn is not the only reference to a user's name, so this leaves potentially outdated or dead names in the givenName, initals, sn, and gecos fields, or otherwise allow a user to see and update those fields.

[rbuzzell]

I was just about to report this. This still exists as an issue.

[Mstrodl]

FWIW: The purpose of cn isn't quite the same as those other fields

For example: cn=Lonnie,givenName=Lon,sn=Gerol

I think in a typical ldap setup, the way we have it is pretty normal. @mbillow could probably tell me I'm full of shit though

[mbillow]

The right course of action here, imo, is to break first and last name (possibly also add a nickname option) into different fields and then compute the correct values for each of the LDAP attributes on submission.

That saves people from having to manually edit each field, but also gives them the flexibility to set their name to whatever they want.

[Mstrodl]

The right course of action here, imo, is to break first and last name (possibly also add a nickname option) into different fields and then compute the correct values for each of the LDAP attributes on submission.

That saves people from having to manually edit each field, but also gives them the flexibility to set their name to whatever they want.

For some people, given name follows family name, so constructing a name in this way doesn't work for everyone