RE: multi-byte utf8 characters in DNs

[Chris Card <ctcard@hotmail.com>]

> > >> [I tried searching the docs for the answer without much luck, so
> > >> apologies if I've missed it]
> > >> Does openldap (2.4.26) support DNs containing utf8 multi-byte
> > >> characters?
> > >> e.g. a DN containing é like cn=été,dc=a,dc=b ?
> > >> If not, what's the recommended way of handling such DNs?
> > >> Chris
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Take a look at RFC 4514
> > >> (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4514.txt?number=2253)
> > >> (Page 4 should be your answer)
> > >>
> > > I've tried that but I get an invalid DN error back from slapd (and the
> > > slapdn program) if I replace é by \c3\a9 in the DN.
> >
> > slapdn -f testrun/slapd.1.conf 'cn=\c3\a9'
> > DN: <cn=\c3\a9> check succeeded
> > normalized: <cn=é>
> > pretty: <cn=é>
> >
> > git master of 10 minutes ago; what version are you using?
> >
> 2.4.26 + some sssvlv.c patchesIs there something in the config or schema that controls this?
> Chris
>
So an example:
slapdn -v -F *********/slapd.d 'mail=\c3\98U,dc=x,dc=y'DN: <mail=\c3\98U,dc=x,dc=y> check failed 21 (Invalid syntax)
are there any changes that might affect this?
Chris