Re: Strange nisMapEntry

[David Leroux <elhijo.mgl@gmail.com>]

Le 10/02/2010 23:52, David Leroux a écrit :
> Le 10/02/2010 23:05, Michael Ströder a écrit :
> > David LEROUX wrote:
> > > I have in my ldifs, whatever the way I do them (slapcat ldapsearch
> > > -LLL...) some strange entry, like if it was hashed.
> > >
> > > Here is a sample:
> > > nisMapEntry::
> > > LXJ3LHRjcCxpbnRyLHJzaXplPTMyNzY4LHdzaXplPTMyNzY4LHRpbWVvPTUwLHJldHJhbnM9MTAgeWFrMjA6L3VzcjIvdXNlcnMvJiA=
> > >
> > >
> > > Which should be:
> > > nisMapEntry: -rw,tcp,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,timeo=50,retrans=10
> > > yak20:/usr2/users/&
> >
> > In LDIF syntax :: behind the attribute type name indicates that the
> > attribute
> > value is base64-encoded (see RFC 2849).
> >
> > $ python -c "print
> > 'LXJ3LHRjcCxpbnRyLHJzaXplPTMyNzY4LHdzaXplPTMyNzY4LHRpbWVvPTUwLHJldHJhbnM9MTAgeWFrMjA6L3VzcjIvdXNlcnMvJiA='.decode('base64')"
> >
> > -rw,tcp,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,timeo=50,retrans=10
> > yak20:/usr2/users/&
> >
> > Ciao, Michael.
>
> Thank you for that piece of code, but, any idea why it's bas64 encoded ?
> As I've been told:
> "If an attribute contains non-printing characters or begins with a
> space, a colon or a less than (<) the value will be base64 encoded.
> Your NIS entries might have an extra white space in the generated
> LDIF."
> But with those two entries, which looks to me "exactly" the same, once
> sorted with a slapcat, store12's one is base64 encoded while store11's
> one isn't.
>
> dn: cn=store11,nisMapName=auto.homeLINUX,ou=Automounts,dc=macguff,dc=fr
> objectClass: nisObject
> cn: store11
> nisMapEntry: -rw,tcp,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,timeo=50,retrans=10
> yak19:/usr3/users/&
> nisMapName: auto.homeLINUX
>
> dn: cn=store12,nisMapName=auto.homeLINUX,ou=Automounts,dc=macguff,dc=fr
> objectClass: nisObject
> cn: store12
> nisMapEntry: -rw,tcp,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,timeo=50,retrans=10
> yak20:/usr2/users/&
> nisMapName: auto.homeLINUX
>
>
> ---
>
>
> dn: cn=store11,nisMapName=auto.homeLINUX,ou=Automounts,dc=macguff,dc=fr
> objectClass: nisObject
> cn: store11
> nisMapEntry: -rw,tcp,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,timeo=50,retrans=10
> yak19:/usr3/users/&
> nisMapName: auto.homeLINUX
>
> dn: cn=store12,nisMapName=auto.homeLINUX,ou=Automounts,dc=macguff,dc=fr
> objectClass: nisObject
> cn: store12
> nisMapName: auto.homeLINUX
> nisMapEntry::
> LXJ3LHRjcCxpbnRyLHJzaXplPTMyNzY4LHdzaXplPTMyNzY4LHRpbWVvPTUwLHJl
> dHJhbnM9MTAgeWFrMjA6L3VzcjIvdXNlcnMvJiA=
>
>
> Merci.

OK, I have some lines ending by space.
As RFC2849 says:
Values or distinguished names that end with SPACE SHOULD be base-64 encoded.

Thanks for your help