Re: URL-encoded LDAP-URLs in referrals

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 05:56 PM 9/28/00 +0200, Michael Ströder wrote:
>HI!
>
>It seems to me that OpenLDAP 2.0.4 does not unqoute LDAP-URLs in
>referral entries with URL-quoted characters before extracting the
>parameters (e.g. DN). Is that true?
>
>I can see in my logs:
>
>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[1801]: conn=86 op=0 BIND
>dn="CN=ROOT,O=MICHAELS" method=128 
>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[1801]: conn=86 op=0 RESULT tag=97
>err=0 text= 
>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[1656]: conn=86 op=1 SRCH
>base="cn=Michael Ströder,ou=Tests,o=Michaels" sc
>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[1656]: conn=86 op=1 RESULT tag=101
>err=9 text=Referral: ldap://localhost/c

That's an invalid LDAP URI.

>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[1633]: conn=18 fd=7 connection from
>localhost (127.0.0.1) accepted. 
>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[2972]: conn=18 op=0 BIND dn=""
>method=128 
>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[2972]: conn=18 op=0 RESULT err=0
>tag=97 nentries=0 
>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[2973]: conn=18 op=1 SRCH
>base="CN%3DMICHAEL%20STR%C3%B6DER%2COU%3DFRIENDS%
>Sep 28 17:48:49 localhost slapd[1801]: conn=86 op=2 UNBIND 
>
>But according to RFC2255 URL-quoted LDAP URLs are valid.
>
>Ciao, Michael.