Re: ldapadd error while adding localized users

[masarati@aero.polimi.it]

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to add localized users into ldap i.e LANG=ja_JP.SJIS
>
> while creating ldif file i am converting SJIS chars  into UTF-8  format.
>
> if i give value attribute "gecos:" in ldif file in localized format
>
> I am not able add the user its giving me following error
>
> <error>
> additional info: gecos: value #0 invalid per syntax
> </error>
>
> If i am giving rest of the attributes in localized format it works fine
>
> Only problem is with gecos field
>
> can anyone tell is this the desired behavior or Am i missing something?
>
> OpenLDAP version:2.4.11
>
> O.S: RHEL 4.3

"gecos" has syntax IA5 string, so it does not accept UTF-8, but plain ASCII.

p.