Re: Double colon in LDIF

[Dusty Doris <openldap@mail.doris.cc>]

> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm still finding my feet in LDAP and LDIFs but I've been led to think
> > entries such as these were 'corruptions' :
> >
> > cisSetting:: Ym0ubmV3QGRl
> > userPassword:: eXZxZDJkbHk=
> > dn:: AGNuPWRzdnIwMDAwLG91PUF
> >
> > Can someone clarify whether the above is 'normal' or not? I'm begining
> > to think they are encoded in some way, however why would gq render them
> > in plaintext, yet slapcat and ldapsearch render them in this way? What
> > does the double colon signify? Perhaps the NSD LDIF isn't as corrupt as
> > we thought?
> >
>
> This is the base64 encoding of the value.  Go to
> http://makcoder.sourceforge.net/demo/base64.php to see.
>
> For example,
>
> dn:: AGNuPWRzdnIwMDAwLG91PUF = dn: cn=dsvr0000,ou=A
> cisSetting:: Ym0ubmV3QGRl = cisSetting: bm.new@de
>
> Is that correct?
>
> Just copy the encoded part, such as AGNuPWRzdnIwMDAwLG91PUF, paste in that
> website and hit decode.  It will show you.
>

BTW, this will explain ldif format.

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2849.txt