Re: Modify Active Directory Schema Attribut Display Names

Well first off, you can't change the lDAPDisplayName of pager or any other base schema (category 1) attributes and for good reason, that is how applications identify the attributes. If you succeeded in changing the attribute, Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) wouldn't even know how to display it anymore.

Also unfortunately, you won't be able to change it everywhere, only some locations where it is displayed can it be changed, these are usually locations where the field to display the information is variable length like the search boxes, etc. The main form I believe is hardcoded but I haven't checked it.

So if you want to try, what you actually need to do is to modify the display specifier for user objects. The specific object you want to modify will vary based on your language but I will assume US English which means you need to modify

CN=user-Display,CN=409,CN=DisplaySpecifiers,CN=Configuration,<Root Domain DN>

Specifically you need to look at the attributeDisplayNames property and change the value that is pager,Pager Number. The first part of that string is the attribute in AD, the second is the what is should be displayed as. Again, I don't think this will change the main form that shows that info, just the search fields and adjustable columns.

joe


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pascalli2@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Ok,

In our organization, we want to modify the use of the "Pager" field
that shows up when you view a user's information through Active
Directory Users and Computers. We would like to rename that field to
say something else. How can I do this? From what I have seen, I think
it might work if I change the "lDAPDisplayName" value for the "pager"
attribute. I am hesitant to try this, though, as we do not have a test
environment, and I am not very familiar with Active Directory Schema.
I don't want to end up breaking anything, but want to get this changed
ASAP. Can anybody provide some information about this?

Thanks!

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