Need msDS-PrincipalName Attribute

[Scott Jordahl]

Perfect! Thanks Andrew. You'll be hearing from me soon.

-- Scott

On 01/23/2018 12:50 PM, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-01-22 at 13:43 -0800, Scott Jordahl via samba-technical
> wrote:
>> I have a 3rd-Party app that is requesting the "msDS-PrincipalName"
>> attribute from the Samba AD. msDS-PrincipalName is labeled as a
>> "Constructed" attribute (<domain>\<login name>) and I cannot manually
>> modify the entry by using either the MS LDAP tools or via phpldapadmin.
>> I need help trying to figure out if I can add the code to auto-generate
>> this attribute or a way I can override the read-only flag so I can edit
>> it manually.  I have a short list of users that need this attribute set,
>> so if I can enter them in manually if I have the ability. If via new
>> code, I need a hint on where to look and where it should be added. Of
>> course, if I'm going at this totally wrong, then please point me in the
>> right direction.
> There is a module in our ldb stack called opeational which is for
> exactly this purpose:
>
> source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/operational.c
>
> Have a go at using that to construct it.  You will also need to write
> tests to get the patch up into Samba's master repo.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew Bartlett
>