The general tab of the user properties window allows you to configure the basic details such as name and contact details for a user. The values for the name fields are very important as they make up the value for mandatory attribute cn. (The combination of the values in the 3 name fields makes up the value for cn. In the example given below the cn will be Isabella E Swan.)
| Label | LDAP Name | Example as in the figure |
| First name | givenName | Isabella |
| Last name | Surname | Swan |
| Display name | displayName | Isabella.e.swan |
| Initials | initials | E |
| Description | description | Temporary |
| Office | physicalDeliveryOfficeName | Symantec |
| Telephone number | telephoneNumber | 9159917893 |
| Others (other telephone numbers) | OtherTelephone | 9994327893 |
| Bella | ||
| Web page | wWWHomePage | Bellabingo.com |
| Others (other web pages) | url | Bellaeswanblog.com |