changing display name to lastname,firstname format in AD

[cathy]

Anybody have a solution to this problem?

We went in an ran the ADSI edit tool to format our GAL as
lastname,firstname. We then ran the ADModify tool to
correct the display of all existing users. This has worked
fine. However, the AD Users and Computers Snap-in still
displays users within their OUs as firstname lastname.
Newly created users DO appear as lastname,firstname in AD
Users&Comp. I've even run the ADSI script which tells me
the names of people changed to lastname, firstname, but
when you check AD U&Comp, they still appear as firstname
lastname.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.....

cathy

 

[Guest]

Cathy

What happens in AD when you create a user is the following

We create user John Do
an object is created: "cn=John Doe" with the following propertie

cn=sn (surname) is set to "Doe
cn=givenName (firstname) is set to "John
cn=name is set to "John Doe
cn=displayName is set to "John Doe
cn=canonicalName is set to "company.com/Users/John Doe
cn=DistinguishedName is set to "cn=John Doe,cn=Users,dc=company,cd=com

if you want to make sure everything is displayed as "Doe John" now, you need to change th actual name of the container
So search for the container using whaterver scripting tools you use, and rename "John Doe" to "Doe John

Good Luck

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