Re: MOD OPERATION FAILS IN BACK-LDAP

[Pierangelo Masarati <masarati@aero.polimi.it>]

> 
> Hi again:
> 
> You are right,
> 
> but after add a new entry with this command:
> 
> ldapmodify -h -D "whatever" -w "passwd" -f file.ldif
> 
> and modify the uid and sn attibutes
> 
> and later made an ldapsearch, the answer has the format:
> 
> uid:: BA==   
> sn:: CQ==

You likely used illegal chars in your ldif:

echo "BA==" | mimencode -u | od -c
0000000 004
0000001

echo "CQ==" | mimencode -u | od -c
0000000  \t
0000001

they are printed in base64 because, although ASCII, they're not printable.
Try posting your LDIF file.

Pierangelo.