18.4 Renaming a Vibe User

Novell Vibe users are identified by name (first, middle, last) and by user ID. User names are used to identify personal workspaces. User IDs are used for logging in. You can change users’ names, but not their user IDs. How you change users’ name depends on how you created the user.

18.4.1 Renaming a Vibe User from LDAP

If you are synchronizing user information from an LDAP directory, as described in Adding Vibe Users from Your LDAP Directory in Basic Installation in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3.1 Installation Guide, you change a user’s first, middle, or last name by updating it in the LDAP directory. The updated information then synchronizes to the Vibe site according to the schedule you have established for LDAP synchronization. If you change a user’s first, middle, or last name by updating information on the Vibe site, the change is not synchronized back to the LDAP directory, so the two sources of user information can be out of sync.

NOTE:After you have set up a user in Vibe, you must not change the user’s user ID in the LDAP directory. If you do, the association between the original LDAP user ID and new LDAP user ID is lost from the perspective of the Vibe site. A new Vibe account and workspace is created for the new user ID when LDAP synchronization takes place. Although it is possible to move folders from the user’s old workspace to the new workspace, any entries created with the old user ID cannot be associated with the new user ID, so this approach is not recommended.

18.4.2 Renaming a Local Vibe User

If you manually create Vibe users on the Vibe site, rather than synchronizing user information from an LDAP directory, you can change users’ names (first, middle, last) on the Vibe site.

When a user logs in to the Vibe site for the first time, the user’s personal workspace is created. Before a user logs in, he or she does not have a personal workspace. Vibe enables site administrators to manually rename both types of users.

NOTE:Vibe does not allow you to change a user ID after the user account has been created.

Renaming Users Who Have Logged In to Vibe

To rename a user who has previously logged in to the Vibe site and therefore has a personal workspace:

  1. Navigate to the user’s personal workspace.

  2. Click Profile, then click Edit on the Profile page.

    The User page is displayed.

  3. Modify the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields as desired.

  4. Click OK.

Renaming Users Who Have Not Logged In to Vibe

To rename a user who has not previously logged in to the Vibe site and therefore does not have a personal workspace:

  1. Search for a user you want to rename, as described in Searching for Specific People, Places, or Tagged Items in the Novell Vibe OnPrem 3.1 User Guide.

    The user’s profile page is displayed.

    Novell Teaming pre-login user workspace

  2. Click Modify.

    The User page is displayed.

  3. Modify the First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name fields as desired.

  4. Click OK.