Re: Modify user's CN with LDIFDE

From: Dmitri Gavrilov [MSFT] (dmitrig_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 22:12:49 -0600

Modifying CN is considered a move/rename operation. You should use modrdn
verb:

dn: CN=old_cn,OU=ou,DC=dc
changeType: modrdn
newRdn: CN=new_cn
deleteOldRdn: 1 

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"Chiel Varkevisser" <chiel.varkevisser@removethis.nautadutilh.com> wrote in
message news:1354201c443f2$10db9870$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I want to change the CN of users from 'Firstname
> Lastname' to 'Lastname, Firstname'. Trying this with
> LDIFDE gives ther error:
>
> Add error on line 1: Not allowed on RDN
> The server side error is "The attribute cannot be
> modified because it is owned by the system."
> 0 entries modified successfully.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Chiel Varkevisser