Changing a user's username programatically

Question

Hi, I'm currently working on a java method to update a user's information on portal. I've been pretty successful using wwsec_oid.update_user_profile, but that doesn't (as far as i can tell) allow you to change a users' username. Is there a better way to change the name a user logs in as?
thanks in advance,
-Rob

Answer 1

Apparently the secret is to change the user's name in LDAP, rather than using a stored procedure. Here's the java code i used:
DirContext ctx =null;
try {
Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory");
env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "ldap://ldapServerAddress:389");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION,"simple");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL,"cn=username");
env.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS,"password");
ctx = new InitialDirContext(env);
//here's how to rename
DirContext obj =(DirContext)ctx.lookup("cn=Users,dc=,dc=domainb,dc=domaina");
obj.rename("cn=originalName","cn=newName");
//This would be how you would change the uid attribute
ModificationItem newuid=new ModificationItem(DirContext.REPLACE_ATTRIBUTE,new
BasicAttribute("uid","newName"));
obj.modifyAttributes("cn=newName",new ModificationItem[]{newuid});
}finally {
if (ctx !=null)ctx.close();
}