Re: (ITS#5897) trailing characters in olcserverids after conversion

[hyc@symas.com]

oliver@itc.li wrote:
> Full_Name: Oliver Liebel
> Version: 2.4.13
> OS: opensuse 11
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (80.144.97.81)
>
>
> using openldap 2.4.13 (compiled from openldap.org source-package)
> i have noticed the following, reproducable behaviour when converting
> a slapd.conf to slapd.d:
>
> if slapd.conf contains serverids with ldap-urls, e.g. in this format:
>
> ServerID        1       "ldap://ldapmaster.local.site:9000";
> ServerID        2       "ldap://ldapslave.local.site:9000";
>
> the olcserverids in cn=config.ldif always contains some trailing (garbage)
> characters after the conversion, and are base64 encoded.  when i set them
> manually in cn=config with ldapmodify, they are displayed "clean".
>
> the serverid-lines in slapd.conf are "clean" (they contain no whitespaces / tabs
> at the end of the line or similar, invisible characters).
>
> i have tested it several times, without using \"\ in the string and/or without
> portnumber. i have tested the conversion with both slaptest and slapd,
> in virtual and real machines,
> result was always the same.

Thanks for the report, this is now fixed in HEAD. Note, URLs don't need to be 
surrounded with quotes. By definition, they are already "safe".

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