[TYPO3-english] Re: Re: Re: [backend] real name truncated to the first letter when logging in

[Jerome P]

>> Yes I agree with this idea of a database update on login ; but I would
>> be surprised if it was the same code which update "last_login" and
>> truncate the field "real name". Otherwise this would mean there is a
>> real problem with TYPO3 itself ;-)

> not neccessarrily.
> it depends which data is exchanged by ldap service and these data may
> have other coding and the interface looses all info after special
> characters. and the update of lastlogin may update all fields including
> the truncated name.

Indeed, I didn't think about the LDAP connection... thanks for pointing that out.
Unfortunately I checked and it also uses UTF-8 charset, like the TYPO3 database, and the TYPO3 connection to the database.

>> Also, I have a TYPO3 6.2 installation, so these older installations
>> problems with md5 shouldn't have any effect here.
>>
>> LDAP is used for backend login, with the ig_ldap_sso_auth extension
>> (version 1.2.0, the most recent). It has the same config than when the
>> installation was TYPO3 4.5 (ig_ldap_sso_auth was version 1.0.10, but
>> that's all).
>> I checked again in the extension module in the backend (the "LDAP / SSO"
>> module), but AFAIK there is nothing in the config that would cause these
>> updates on the real name.

> it may not be an intended change but a side effect.
> As I have no experience with the auth services and LDAP in special
> someone else has to take care about this case.

OK, then I will read again this extension manual, maybe I missed something important... thanks for your help Bernd !