diff --git a/lam/HISTORY b/lam/HISTORY
index d13aa8ac..0b4d32ad 100644
--- a/lam/HISTORY
+++ b/lam/HISTORY
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
    -> config editor: extra space (1702269)
    -> fixed some inconsistent help entries (1694863)
    -> user list: refreshing GID translation did not work (1719168)
+   -> allow uid as RDN attribute for inetOrgPerson (1740499)
 
 
 28.03.2007 1.3.0
diff --git a/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc b/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
index 74e6aead..96c767ef 100644
--- a/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class inetOrgPerson extends baseModule {
 		// this is a base module
 		$return["is_base"] = true;
 		// RDN attribute
-		$return["RDN"] = array("cn" => "low");
+		$return["RDN"] = array("cn" => "normal", 'uid' => 'low');
 		// LDAP filter
 		$return["ldap_filter"] = array('or' => "(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)");
 		// module dependencies
diff --git a/lam/lib/modules/posixAccount.inc b/lam/lib/modules/posixAccount.inc
index e9c48768..3dc35087 100644
--- a/lam/lib/modules/posixAccount.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/modules/posixAccount.inc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class posixAccount extends baseModule {
 		// alias name
 		$return["alias"] = _("Unix");
 		// RDN attributes
-		$return["RDN"] = array("uid" => "normal", "cn" => "low");
+		$return["RDN"] = array("uid" => "high", "cn" => "low");
 		// managed object classes
 		$return['objectClasses'] = array('posixAccount');
 		// LDAP aliases