How can I remove "Display Name" from an account

[Chadsel Chen]

Hi, I was trying to remove "Display Name" from an account for some reasons. But I can't do it either by UI or command line. It gave me the errors below

Message: invalid request: LDAP schema violation: [LDAP: error code 65 - object class 'organizationalPerson' requires attribute 'cn']
Error code: service.INVALID_REQUEST
Method: ZmCsfeCommand.prototype.invoke
Details:soap:Sender

Is that possible to do this?

Thanks

[ArcaneMagus]

Since display name is the cn for the account in LDAP it is impossible to remove it completely. A workaround that might or might not fit what you are looking for is to set the display name to " " (a space) or some non-printable character. This will make the display name appear blank, however this will only work for one account (unless you find other characters to use that don't show up).

[Chadsel Chen]

But I have a question. Why does the default accounts like admin, spam, ham, and wiki all have no "Display Name"? They should have CN with something else, right? Can I follow those accounts' style/method?

Thanks

[mbd]

It looks like when you use zmprov to modify the 'displayName' attribute, it also tries to change the 'cn' attribute in LDAP as well. So, while you simply want to remove the displayName attribute, using zmprov won't work, since it's also trying to remove the cn and as the error reports, that would be an object class violation.

Using the 'ldapmodify' command line may help, if you're confident enough in feeding in the right information, and know the right credentials to authenticate to your ldap configuration.

An ldif along the lines of:

dn: uid=YOURUSERID,ou=people,dc=YOUR,dc=DOMAIN,dc=NAME
delete: displayName

should do the trick.

That said, I'd probably want confirmation from a Zimbra employee before you proceed.

[Chadsel Chen]

Can I file this as a bug/enhancement? Since we have system accounts with no "Display Name", why don't we just simply remove "Display Name" once created?

Thanks
Chadsel

[mbd]

May as well give it a try - you can do so from bugzilla.zimbra.com