Re: how to add a base64 attribute without the use of ldif

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

Uwe Jans <ja...@hs...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know how to add a base64 encoded string with perl-ldap?
> 
> In ldif it looks like this:
> 
> cn:: dfvfgwjfhwfj==
> 
> And in Perl-Ldap i tried this:
> 
> $ldap->modify( $dn, add => { cn => 'dfvfgwjfhwfj==' } );
> 
> but the result look like this in ldif:
> 
> cn: dfvfgwjfhwfj==
> 
> Thats is wrong, isn't it?

It isn't what you wanted :-)

Just decode the value before sending it to the server. LDAP can transfer
binary values in protocol; the only need you have for base-64 is when
trying to hold 'difficult' values in text (ie LDIF) files.

$ldap->modify( $dn, add => { cn => decode_base64('dfvfgwjfhwfj==') } );

Remember that your (decoded) values must be valid UTF-8 if you are using
LDAPv3. Values in ISO-8859-1 are not legal.

> 
> Thanks, for an quick answer.
> 
> Uwe Jans
> 



Cheers,

Chris