ID 429561 - [S] LDAP: Creating username in Flix by LDAP always pick up the uid not the user_attr

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Problem summary

The username sent to Flix from LDAP is hardcoded to be the uid

Customer reported version
6.3.1

Customer reported platform
CentOS 7

Steps to reproduce

1) Set up Flix to use LDAP with a user_attr set to anything other than uid. sAMAccountName is the default for AD and can be used.

2) Login to Flix using LDAP credentials.

3) Check your username in Flix->Managment Console.

 

Expected behaviour

You should see your username in the list of usernames.

Actual behaviour

A blank username shows up.

 

Workaround
Set the uid field in AD to be the username

 

Reproduced by support

Flix 6.3.1

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