Re: Net::LDAP

[Chris R. <chr...@me...>]

On 4/6/02 11:08 pm, ma...@mj... <ma...@mj...> wrote:
> It looks like the attribute is binary:
>=20
> changes::
>>=20
> b2JqZWN0Y2xhc3M6dG9wCm9iamVjdGNsYXNzOm9yY2xOZXRBZ
> GRyZXNzCmNuOkFERFJF
>>=20
>=20
> Note the double ":", which in LDIF normally connotates that the
> value is binary.=20
>=20
> Try doing a base64 decode on the value and see what you get.
>=20
> Mark

This looks like the same problem someone else (Czachary) at Wiley was
getting! The LDIF writer will encode any values for output in base64 if the=
y
contain unsafe characters which would confuse LDIF readers. Things like
carriage-returns, and so on.

If you decode the value it looks like it contains bits of an entry. It coul=
d
be random junk that the server's returning, or it could be that Net::LDAP's
putting some junk data in there...

  DB<1> x $bin
0 =20
"objectclass:top\cJobjectclass:orclNetAddressList\cJcn:ADDRESS_LIST_0\cJorc=
l
version:v0.0\cJorclnetaddrlist:000:cn=3DADT?T?=97cB???e?]\c\?cX\\?Y\cN?????e?]\=
e
\e?\cX?[\cX[???\cS????cY?Y\cN?\cC#c??\cCscS3c\cC33C3?cC\cCS?\cSc?s#C?P?7&V\=
c
WF?\cV??6?&6?cVF????W'6?V??6?&6?cVF??&V\cWFWF??7F\cV?cC=A3#\cC\cC#\cCS#?\cSsS=
\
cS\cS\cG=A0??F?g?F??7F\cV?cC=A3#\cC\cC#\cCS#?\cSsS\cS\cS\cG=A0=A0"

Can you turn up logging in Net::LDAP (create the Net::LDAP object with the
debug parameter set to 3), repeat the exact query and send us the hex
output?

Cheers,

Chris