Howard Chu wrote: > Please use plaintext email only. This thread is mostly unreadable due to the > multiple escapes and other garbage. > > michael(a)stroeder.com wrote: >> You're talking about QQ (single quote ' mentioned in comment as %x27) an= >> d QS >> (back-slash mentioned in comment as %x5C). >> >> AFAICS the double quote is %x22 and is included in QUTF1. > > Yes, DQUOTE is included in QUTF1 but that is not the issue here. The > slapd.conf(5) syntax says explicitly that double quote is used to enclose > arguments containing white space. Single quote has no significance to the > slapd.conf parser. Arguments containing double quote that are meant to be > taken literally must escape the quote with a backslash. But then I would expect slapd to remove the backslash(es) used for quoting:

In slapd.conf: ---------------------------------- snip ---------------------------------- attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.5427.1.389.42.3 DESC 'Test attribute type with \"double quotes\" in DESC' SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.7 ) ---------------------------------- snip ---------------------------------- Returned via LDAP in subschema subentry (as LDIF): attributeTypes: ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.5427.1.389.42.3 DESC 'Test attribute type with \"double quotes\" in DESC' EQUALITY booleanMatch SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.1 Ciao, Michael.