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Description of problem:

We have a freeipa server working in our test scenario without further problems. We are able to use SUDO, HBAC etc.
Our problem is when we change a user info (Name or Last Name) and check it using the command: getent passwd id_user it showed us the older user information


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

RedHat 6.3 (freeipa server:3.0.0-26) and RedHat 5.9 (freeipa client 2.1.3.-5)


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
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Additional info:

You can find more information/description/testing about this problem at:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-users/2013-September/msg00030.html

User name shown in "getent passwd USER" is read from GECOS attribute. Can you please try changing it instead and then checking the getent passwd output?

Note that if the user is already cached in SSSD, it won't show unless you clear the cache as indicated in the referred freeipa-users list.

FYI, Bug 986211 which adds this field also to UI (currently it is available only in CLI) will be fixed in RHEL-6.5.

Hello cbulist, did my advise in Comment 2 help?

My current plan is to close the bug as duplicate to Bug 986211 as then the GECOS field will be better visible and editable in UI and should thus solve your issue.

I received no response, closing as duplicate to 986211. Please feel free to reopen this bug if your issue is not fixed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 986211 ***