f = acl_users

u = f.getUser('somebody')

How do I get the user object from the folder? 

 f.getUser('another_test3')

How do I get the dn of a user?

 u.getUserDN()

changing attributes of a user

 f.manage_editUser(dn,kwargs=dict(attribute='hihi)) - this uses the 'real' ldap attributes

getting a property of a user

u.attribute - using the ldap attribute name, but only for some attributes. Which ones???

getting all the possible attributes - the schema

f.getSchemaConfig()

getting a property of a user using the 'friendly name'

???

get all the properties of a user

f.getUserDetails(dn,format='dictionary')

It pretty much seems that everything is done with the ldap names, and the friendly names are just cosmetic.