Re: (ITS#5172) slash in dn

[ando@sys-net.it]

reinhold.may@gmx.de wrote:
> Pierangelo,
> 
> First of all: Sorry, I've left in fact a paragraph in my .ldif example
> that should have come out.
> 
> I can reproduce what you've said and using the following code:
> 
> #include <ldap.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> int main() {
>    char **c = ldap_explode_dn(
>          "cn=With/Slash,ou=My address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org",
>          1);
> 
>    int i;
>    for (i = 0; c[i] != 0; i++) {
>       printf("%s\n", c[i]);
>    }
> 
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> which correctly produces:
> 
> cn=With/Slash
> ou=My address book
> dc=somedomain
> dc=org
> 
> And executing:
> 
> # slapdn "cn=With/Slash,ou=My address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org"
> 
> produces the expected:
> 
> DN: <cn=With/Slash,ou=My address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org> check succeeded
> normalized: <cn=with/slash,ou=my address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org>
> pretty:     <cn=With/Slash,ou=My address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org>
> 
> However, running the actual example produces the following full output:
> 
> $ ldapadd -x -D 'cn=root,dc=somedomain,dc=org' -W -f test.ldif
> Enter LDAP Password:
> adding new entry "dc=somedomain,dc=org"
> 
> adding new entry "ou=My address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org"
> 
> adding new entry "cn=With/Slash,ou=My address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org"
> ldap_add: No such object (32)
>         additional info: Parent does not exist
> 
> which is erroneous.
> 
> Just to check that it is the forward slash that must be to blame, here's
> the full output of the counter check:
> 
> $ ldapadd -x -D 'cn=root,dc=somedomain,dc=org' -W -f test2.ldif
> Enter LDAP Password:
> adding new entry "dc=somedomain,dc=org"
> 
> adding new entry "ou=My address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org"
> 
> adding new entry "cn=WithoutSlash,ou=My address book,dc=somedomain,dc=org"
> 
> So, I still suspect a bug...

This output is not useful.  First of all, can you tell what ldapadd
you're using?  Please make sure you run the version of ldapadd that
comes with OpenLDAP sources you built.  Second, please provide an
indication of what happens at the server side.  Logs at "stats,trace"
would be helpful.  I can confirm that I can successfully add an entry
whose RDN contains a slash "/" to OpenLDAP 2.3.

p.



Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
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