Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Strange ldif export with é, è, ... french characters code

[Mike Jackson]

Lalas wrote:
>  Hello all,
>  When users have some french characters code in fields (i.e. givenName & 
>  cn), the ldif export file is bad. Here my ldif users import file and the 
>  ldif export file using admin console.
>  
>  import-with-french-char.ldif :
>  
>  dn: uid=s.courtin,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=fr
>  changetype: add
>  objectClass: person
>  objectClass: organizationalperson
>  objectClass: inetOrgPerson
>  objectClass: top
>  objectClass: mailrecipient
>  uid: s.courtin
>  sn: COURTIN
>  givenName: Ségolène
>  cn: Ségolène COURTIN
>  employeeType: Etudiants
>  userPassword: ******
>  mail: s.courtin(a)domain.fr
>  
>  export-bad.ldif:
>  
>  dn: uid=s.courtin,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=fr
>  employeeType: Etudiants
>  givenName:: U8OpZ29sw6huZQ==
>  objectClass: person
>  objectClass: organizationalperson
>  objectClass: inetOrgPerson
>  objectClass: top
>  objectClass: mailrecipient
>  uid: s.courtin
>  mail: s.courtin(a)domain.fr
>  cn:: U8OpZ29sw6huZSBDT1VSVElO
>  sn: COURTIN
>  userPassword: *********
>  creatorsname: cn=manager
>  modifiersname: cn=manager
>  createtimestamp: 20050814113424Z
>  modifytimestamp: 20050814113424Z
>  nsuniqueid: 4ced0081-1dd211b2-80efc6a3-3b060000
>  parentid: 4
>  entryid: 1874
>  entrydn: uid=s.courtin,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=fr
>  numsubordinates: 0
>  subschemasubentry: cn=schema
>  hassubordinates: FALSE
>  
>  If I use "cn: Segolene COURTIN" & "givenName: Segolene", the
> export file 
>  is correct ... but I would use french char.
>  
>  Is there a bug or (probably) a configuration error ?
>  For information my FDS is running on FC3 with LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8.
>  
>  Thanks in advance for your help.
>  
>  - Lalas -
>   
This is normal. See RFC 2849.

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2849.html


Mike

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