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Just wondering because it seems weird. The entry is filled with my full name, but with my given name repeated twice.

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia.org_u ... cn_mean.3F

I think that it should be your given name followed by your second (family) name. There should be no repetition.

Jim

jkerr82508 wrote:https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia.org_user_account#What_does_cn_mean.3F

I think that it should be your given name followed by your second (family) name. There should be no repetition.

Jim

Thank you.

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [DONE], thanks

CN is common name of an object. If the object is a person then the CN should be the persons full name.
See https://docs.ldap.com/specs/rfc4519.txt
and https://docs.ldap.com/specs/rfc4514.txt

That's already explained on the linked wiki page - that answer was 5 years ago, FWIW.

doktor5000 wrote:That's already explained on the linked wiki page - that answer was 5 years ago, FWIW.

It is very poorly explained on the linked wiki page and is not inclusive.
Just because it was explained 5 years ago does not mean that it does not need correcting.

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