First-Name Attribute

Use the following element in each LDAP or Active Directory provider section to specify the directory attribute that is associated with first-name entries in the directory.

<fnAttribute></fnAttribute>

Replace the sample value with the correct information.

If the <fnAttribute> section is deleted, the default value for the first-name attribute is givenName.

The following sample configuration states that user first names in the directory are associated with the givenName attribute:

<fnAttribute>givenName</fnAttribute>

as is evident in the following entry detail from an LDAP browser view:

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