Re: matching leading space in uid lookup

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Duncan Brannen wrote:
> uid equality is a caseignoreMatch which is space insensitive, I guess 
> that includes
> leading spaces? Is this then, correct ldap behavior for this case?

I think the behaviour is correct.

See also recent thread on this list:
http://www.openldap.org/cgi-bin/wilma_glimpse/openldap-software?query=leading+space&Search=Search&errors=0&maxfiles=50&maxlines=10&.cgifields=lineonly&.cgifields=filelist&.cgifields=case&.cgifields=partial&.cgifields=restricttofiles

> To 'fix' samba, you'd have to fail logins for any username starting with 
> a space.

Samba could strip white-spaces from user name before constructing the LDAP 
filter. Best solution would be the Windows screen-saver ignores the first 
key stroke though.

> I can't see why people would want to start a username with a space but....

Whether a leading space should be significant to Windows/Samba is another 
question probably best discussed with the Samba folks.

Ciao, Michael.