Add conversion of attribute name synonyms when generating modlists.

ipaserver/plugins/ldap2.py

@@ -288,6 +288,32 @@ class ldap2(CrudBackend, Encoder):
         rdn = self.make_rdn_from_attr(primary_key, entry_attrs[primary_key])
         return self.make_dn_from_rdn(rdn, parent_dn)
 
+    def convert_attr_synonyms(self, entry_attrs, preferred_names=None):
+        """
+        Convert attribute names in entry_attrs to preferred synonyms.
+
+        Keyword arguments:
+        preferred_names -- list of preferred synomyms or None for defaults
+                           (default None)
+        """
+        if preferred_names:
+            for n in preferred_names:
+                attr = self._schema.get_obj(_ldap.schema.AttributeType, n)
+                synonyms = [v.lower() for v in attr.names]
+                synonyms.remove(n)
+                for s in synonyms:
+                    if s in entry_attrs:
+                        entry_attrs[n] = entry_attrs[s]
+                        del entry_attrs[s]
+        else:
+            for (k, v) in entry_attrs.items():
+                attr = self._schema.get_obj(_ldap.schema.AttributeType, k)
+                synonyms = [v.lower() for v in attr.names]
+                preferred_name = synonyms[0]
+                if k in synonyms[1:]:
+                    entry_attrs[preferred_name] = v
+                    del entry_attrs[k]
+
     @encode_args(1, 2)
     def add_entry(self, dn, entry_attrs):
         """Create a new entry."""
@@ -478,6 +504,8 @@ class ldap2(CrudBackend, Encoder):
         # we could call search_s directly, but this saves a lot of code at
         # the expense of a little bit of performace
         entry_attrs_old = self.encode(entry_attrs_old)
+        # we also need to make sure that attribute names match
+        self.convert_attr_synonyms(entry_attrs_old, entry_attrs.keys())
         # generate modlist, we don't want any MOD_REPLACE operations
         # to handle simultaneous updates better
         modlist = []