Re: ldapsearch scrables utf-8 dn

TJ wrote:

Hi all,

I hope that this will lead to some discussion on better utf-8 support.

Well, UTF8 is the only charset thats defined for LDAP, so I don't think that the support for UTF8 could be better.

It seems that ldapsearch does'nt like dn's with utf-8 chars in it. see:

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Thats defined behaviour according to http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2849.html - maybe you want to comment on that.

• If it really has to be this way then ldap* -D args (and others) should

accept the base64 form.

Ok, this might be nifty for someone that hasn't got an UTF8-Terminal but has to search for UTF8-characters.

• This behaviour should at least have an off switch, so the user can decide

on the output form.

Since ldapsearch outputs "LDIF", it should stay true to the LDIF spec.

You can use Perl or any other Programming Language to build a tool that can output something other than LDIF.

bye Christian