How to display user's name ("Last, First" (sn, givenname) or "Common" (cn)) instead of their user name (uid) in the list of user accounts?

Question

When I login to phpLDAPadmin, the list of users on the left are listed by their uid attribute, for example:
⭐ Create new entry here
uid=<uid1>
uid=<uid2>
[...]
uid=<uidN>
⭐ Create new entry here

I would like it to use a different attribute, for example the user's "Common Name" which is typically a combination of their first (given) and last (sur) names:
cn=<cn1>

or maybe better to sort by last name, for example:
sn=<sn1>, givenname=<givenname1>

It's not really necessary to include the name of the attribute, can those be left out so something like this is shown instead?
<sn1>, <givenname1>

Thanks!

Searched the docs, the phpLDAPadmin interface, Github issues and discussions, and here on Stack Overflow for these options, was expecting to find the setting that controls what is displayed, but no luck.

Answer 1

In my case, I first made a copy of /etc/phpldapadmin/templates/creation/{your template_file}. After that I edited it and changed the part: <rdn>whatever you need</rdn>

for example in <rdn>cn</rdn>.

All new objects are then displayed with the common name.