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Re: "family name, personal name" in devel/people



On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 01:15:16AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote:
> > % ldapsearch -P2 -x -h db.debian.org -b 'uid=oohara,ou=users,dc=debian,dc=org' cn mn sn
> > ...
> > cn: Oohara
> > sn: Yuuma
> > ...
> > 
> > There does seem to be an error in Yuuma Oohara's entry, though -- cn and sn
> > are reversed. This email is Cc:ed to the developer and debian-admin so that
> > the error can be verified and then fixed.
> I don't know what cn and sn are.  cn = Christian name, sn = surname?

cn is the first name, and sn is the surname.

> My family name is Oohara and my personal name is Yuuma.

As I suspected. debian-admin, please swap cn and sn for oohara@d.o.

> I am _not_ Yuuma Oohara -- in Japan a family name comes before
> a personal name.

That was just western spelling, ignore me :)

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