(03:51:59 PM) cscott-free: new gerrit: username: cscott, Full Name: Cscott
(03:52:08 PM) cscott-free: ^ how do i change the full name reported by new-gerrit?
(03:57:05 PM) greg-g: cscott: pretty sure that's from LDAP
(03:58:59 PM) ostriches: Yep
(03:59:14 PM) ostriches: (it should've always been that way too)
(03:59:16 PM) cscott-free: ldaplist says my ldap display name is "C. Scott Ananian"
(03:59:29 PM) ostriches: Sadly we don't use the display name.
(03:59:33 PM) ostriches: We use the cn.
(03:59:37 PM) cscott-free: i have 'sn' and 'cn' set to 'Cscott'
(03:59:40 PM) cscott-free: how do i change that?
(04:00:02 PM) ostriches: cscott: We can change the cn.
(04:00:38 PM) cscott-free: ostriches: do i have to perform an arcane ritual involving "be bold" mugs in order to do so?
(04:00:53 PM) ostriches: ostriches: You have to file a task and assign it to me :p
(04:01:00 PM) ostriches: Is that arcane enough?
(04:01:08 PM) cscott-free: "consult a wizard"
(04:02:44 PM) ostriches: cscott: Fwiw, it means that you'll be using your CN to login to most things. We don't use sn's except as your actual shell name.
(04:02:59 PM) Krenair: we use uid as shell name
(04:03:12 PM) cscott-free: ostriches: gerrit says my username is "cscott" (no caps) but my "real name" is "Cscott"
(04:03:20 PM) cscott-free: ostriches: are those both using the cn?
(04:03:46 PM) ostriches: accountFullName = cn
(04:04:14 PM) cscott-free: what else uses the cn as login?
(04:04:29 PM) Krenair: Phab
(04:04:38 PM) Krenair: every misc service using HTTP basic auth
(04:04:52 PM) cscott-free: Krenair: i use MW OAuth to log into phab
(04:04:53 PM) ostriches: ldap.laccountSshUserName defaults to uid.
(04:05:14 PM) Krenair: Jenkins
(04:05:26 PM) Krenair: cscott, okay but you can use LDAP
(04:06:04 PM) cscott-free: oh, the "arcane" part is mapping ostriches -> demon so you can file the phab task
(04:06:12 PM) Krenair: :D
(04:06:15 PM) cscott-free: maybe i shouldn't have disclosed the secret in publick
(04:06:16 PM) ostriches: :P
(04:06:27 PM) ostriches: NOW I NEED A NEW NICK GAWSH

That is a duplicate of a similar request made by Daniel Zahn and I wrote a detailed reply with all the technical mess: T113792#1676462 I am pretty sure I had a similar task filled years ago and others might as well.

Maybe repurpose T113792 to be a generic request about overhauling the accounts names?