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 at 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 at 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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