Re: escape character in LDIF

[Norbert Klasen <norbert.klasen@daasi.de>]

--On Mittwoch, 12. September 2001 12:39 -0700 Arun Prakash 
<arun.prakash@managestar.com> wrote:

> I am trying to update an entry in LDAP using ldapmodify
> The attribute that I am trying to update contains comma (,) in the
> description text.
> Am I escaping the character right?
>
> dn: lib=4,ou=libraries,o=US
> changetype: modify
> description: "Architects\\, engineers\\, designers\\, and other
> consultants"

Commans need only be escaped in DNs. For a value of the description 
attribute you should leave out the quotes and the backslashes.

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