Re: utility functions for handling Distinguished Names

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

On 24/4/02 5:45 pm, Norbert Klasen <nor...@da...> wrote:

>> why ? where is it defined that DNs have <> brackets ?
> 
> There is a test case <UID=jsmith,O=example,C=US> in the ldapbis document. I
> don't know where such could be defined. Kurt?

The only time DNs are written with surrounding <> brackets is in running
text; the angle brackets aren't actually part of the DN. This is part of RFC
1779 (last para of section 2.3), but I can't find it in RFC 2253.

I don't think it is worth trying to cope with input DNs surrounded by angle
brackets, but if it straightforward and doesn't slow things down...

Cheers,

Chris