Re: (ITS#8251) slapd fails schema parsing with double quotes in DESC

[michael@stroeder.com]

Howard Chu wrote:
> Please use plaintext email only. This thread is mostly unreadable due to the
> multiple escapes and other garbage.
> 
> michael@stroeder.com wrote:
>> You're talking about QQ (single quote '  mentioned in comment as %x27) an=
>> d QS
>> (back-slash mentioned in comment as %x5C).
>>
>> AFAICS the double quote is %x22 and is included in QUTF1.
> 
> Yes, DQUOTE is included in QUTF1 but that is not the issue here. The
> slapd.conf(5) syntax says explicitly that double quote is used to enclose
> arguments containing white space. Single quote has no significance to the
> slapd.conf parser. Arguments containing double quote that are meant to be
> taken literally must escape the quote with a backslash.

But then I would expect slapd to remove the backslash(es) used for quoting:

In slapd.conf:

---------------------------------- snip ----------------------------------
attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.5427.1.389.42.3
      DESC 'Test attribute type with \"double quotes\" in DESC'
      SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.7 )
---------------------------------- snip ----------------------------------

Returned via LDAP in subschema subentry (as LDIF):

attributeTypes: ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.5427.1.389.42.3 DESC 'Test attribute type with
  \"double quotes\" in DESC' EQUALITY booleanMatch SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.1

Ciao, Michael.