Re: Invalid Syntax error (maybe has to do with accents)

[Jan-Michael Ong <jmong@adobe.com>]

oh yes, i get this error as well, its the special characters (definitely 
the accents) that is probably giving it problems. I also don't know how to 
solve this.

could someone help us please?

jm



At 01:02 PM 11/6/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> When trying to do an ldapadd I get the following error:
>
> adding new entry "uid=csg,ou=People,dc=fciencias,dc=unam,dc=mx"
> ldap_add: Invalid syntax
>         additional info: cn: value #0 invalid per syntax
>
> ldif_record() = 21
>
> Here is the said entry:
>
> dn: uid=csg,ou=People,dc=fciencias,dc=unam,dc=mx
> uid: csg
> cn: Concepción Sánchez González
> objectClass: account
> objectClass: posixAccount
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: shadowAccount
> userPassword: {crypt}$1$QMHhbUgc$xDATjxBUVIahsL8a4DeiJ0
> shadowLastChange: 11593
> shadowMax: 99999
> shadowWarning: 7
> loginShell: /bin/zsh
> uidNumber: 606
> gidNumber: 700
> homeDirectory: /home/dgae/csg
> gecos: Concepción Sánchez González
>
> I think is an issue with accents, but I can't find anything in the
> OpenLDAP website (or elsewhere) related to this problem.
>
> Any ideas about what might be causing the problem?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jorge Santos