Re: make output of ldapsearch readable (disable base64)

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> At the moment I would not introduce other output formats than LDIF. The
> usefulness of hex-dumps in comparison to base64-encoded data is debatable.

Agreed.

> The only thing I could imagine without making ldapsearch schema-aware is
> a command-line option defining which attributes to output as UTF-8. If
> the user specifies jpegPhoto for that he's on his own if the raw binary
> output messes up the terminal.

Perhaps an ldap.conf option as well. It essentially becomes a half-baked 
schema for the client side.
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