[SSSD] the full_name_format default value

Stef Walter stefw at redhat.com
Mon May 13 19:38:59 UTC 2013


On 13.05.2013 10:19, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> Hi Stef and the list,
> 
> I was about to close SSSD upstream ticket #1917 but I wanted to check if
> we're all on the same page. Sorry for copying the whole devel list, but
> I know there's already been quite some discussions about how to handle
> the fully qualified names properly.
> 
> Turns out that the fqname format actually is user at domain already, but for
> AD domains, the realmd sets it to "domain\user", in particular, sets the
> "full_name_format" param to "%2$s\%1$s". I think the whole confusion came
> from the fact that the re_expression default in SSSD that parses the
> input is different in AD/IPA and the other providers, while the output
> full_name_format is currently always the same, so the realmd sets it on
> its own.
> 
> With the recent fixes for discovering the NeBIOS name dynamically (#1468)
> and allowing the NetBIOS name in the fq format (#1648), I believe the right
> thing now would for realmd to stop setting the "full_name_format" parameter
> altogether and name the domain according to the AD domain name (rhbz#960270).
> 
> Then the users could simply rely on the default user at domain fqdn output
> and set the short\name themselves if needed.

Right.

> Does it all make sense? Can I simply close #1917 as worksforme? Would
> you prefer an upstream or rhbz bug against realmd to stop setting
> "full_name_format=%2$s\%1$s" ?

I agree with this change. This has already happened upstream, and should
be the case in realmd 0.14.1.

Cheers,

Stef




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