short name/recordName issue

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Here is a puzzle for a genius to solve….

I was trying to import hundreds of records into Workgroup Manager and kept getting failures. After distilling the process to the very basics I’ve found a weird problem.

I am using a VERY SIMPLE xml-based import file with Workgroup Manager. Each time I succeed I delete the created account and then try another.

HERE is a file that imports without error for username “siddarthakki1”:

0x0A 0x5C 0x3A 0x2C dsRecTypeStandard:Users 5 dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName
dsAttrTypeStandard:Password dsAttrTypeStandard:UniqueID dsAttrTypeStandard:PrimaryGroupID
dsAttrTypeStandard:RealName
siddarthakki1::2122229:1026:Siddarth Akki
*******
HERE is another file that imports without error for username “siddarthakk” (two characters shorter)

0x0A 0x5C 0x3A 0x2C dsRecTypeStandard:Users 5 dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName
dsAttrTypeStandard:Password dsAttrTypeStandard:UniqueID dsAttrTypeStandard:PrimaryGroupID
dsAttrTypeStandard:RealName
siddarthakk::2122229:1026:Siddarth Akki
*******
THE FOLLOWING FILE DOES NOT IMPORT….OR AT LEAST THE RECORD NEVER APPEARS IN WORKGROUP MANAGER for username “siddarthakki” (the letter “i” was added to the end of the recordName).

0x0A 0x5C 0x3A 0x2C dsRecTypeStandard:Users 5 dsAttrTypeStandard:RecordName
dsAttrTypeStandard:Password dsAttrTypeStandard:UniqueID dsAttrTypeStandard:PrimaryGroupID
dsAttrTypeStandard:RealName
siddarthakki::2122229:1026:Siddarth Akki

Environment: Mac Server 10.4.11 with Workgroup Manager 10.4.4

Any info would be extremely appreciated. ❗

**********HOW DO I MAKE THE DARN SMILEYS GO AWAY? ???THEY ARE MESSING WITH THE “colon-P” everytime the word password is used. *****

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