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