perl-ldap-dev

How to add non-ascii code into LDAP (use Net::LDAP)

[Felix A. <ae...@rz...>]

Hi

my problem is: I will add a String into LDAP with perl-ldap.
The string contains non-ascii codes.

My first step is to encode the string from latin1 to utf8 than
to base64. Next, I tried to add the encoded string. Ther is the
problem. The string should end up as binary data in LDAP
example: sn: Wei=DF -> sn:: V2Vpw58=3D

At next I tried this way:

$enc_text=3D"Wei=DF";
$log_username=3D"XMan" ;
$ldap_base=3D"ou=3Dstaff, dc=3Dhs-bremen, dc=3Dde";
$u=3DUnicode::String::latin1($enc_text);
$Result =3D $ldap->modify("uid=3D$log_username,$ldap_base",
       replace =3D> { 'sn' =3D> encode_base64($u->utf8) } );

It dosn't work, too!!!
The output is "sn: V2Vpw58=3D" not "sn:: V2Vpw58=3D"

What can I do that?


Thanks for help.
Felix Aertz

Re: How to add non-ascii code into LDAP (use Net::LDAP)

[Graham B. <gb...@po...>]

You do not need to call encode_base64 on the value before passing it
to the server.

Graham.

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 05:41:54PM +0100, Felix Aertz wrote:
> Hi
> 
> my problem is: I will add a String into LDAP with perl-ldap.
> The string contains non-ascii codes.
> 
> My first step is to encode the string from latin1 to utf8 than
> to base64. Next, I tried to add the encoded string. Ther is the
> problem. The string should end up as binary data in LDAP
> example: sn: Weiß -> sn:: V2Vpw58=
> 
> At next I tried this way:
> 
> $enc_text="Weiß";
> $log_username="XMan" ;
> $ldap_base="ou=staff, dc=hs-bremen, dc=de";
> $u=Unicode::String::latin1($enc_text);
> $Result = $ldap->modify("uid=$log_username,$ldap_base",
>        replace => { 'sn' => encode_base64($u->utf8) } );
> 
> It dosn't work, too!!!
> The output is "sn: V2Vpw58=" not "sn:: V2Vpw58="
> 
> What can I do that?
> 
> 
> Thanks for help.
> Felix Aertz
> 
> 
> 

Re: How to add non-ascii code into LDAP (use Net::LDAP)

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

Felix Aertz <ae...@rz...> wrote:
> Hi
>=20
> my problem is: I will add a String into LDAP with perl-ldap.
> The string contains non-ascii codes.
>=20
> My first step is to encode the string from latin1 to utf8 than
> to base64. Next, I tried to add the encoded string. Ther is the
> problem. The string should end up as binary data in LDAP
> example: sn: Wei=DF -> sn:: V2Vpw58=3D
>=20
> At next I tried this way:
>=20
> $enc_text=3D"Wei=DF";
> $log_username=3D"XMan" ;
> $ldap_base=3D"ou=3Dstaff, dc=3Dhs-bremen, dc=3Dde";
> $u=3DUnicode::String::latin1($enc_text);
> $Result =3D $ldap->modify("uid=3D$log_username,$ldap_base",
>        replace =3D> { 'sn' =3D> encode_base64($u->utf8) } );
>=20
> It dosn't work, too!!!
> The output is "sn: V2Vpw58=3D" not "sn:: V2Vpw58=3D"
>=20
> What can I do that?

There is no need to base-64 encode the value, just pass in the UTF-8 =
string.

Cheers,

Chris