Problem with high-bit characters

[Dan Lowe <dan@tangledhelix.com>]

I am trying to migrate from Netscape Directory Server 4.x to OpenLDAP 
2.0.25.  I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get OpenLDAP to 
accept values which might contain high-bit characters (such as é).  For 
those reading this in something that renders only low-bit ASCII, what I 
have there is an "e" with an accent mark above it.  This is commonly 
used in non-English languages such as French - similar to ó ("o" with 
accent mark) used in for instance Spanish.

In any case, I have such characters in an attribute mailAutoReplyText 
(which as the name implies contains a string used when email 
auto-replies are in use).  In the LDIF exported by Netscape, this 
string is base64-encoded, for instance:

mailautoreplytext:: VGhpcyBpcyBhIHTpc3Q=

Which decoded reads "This is a tést".

This value will not import using a syntax of directoryString, IA5String 
or Printable String.  To get it to import I have to resort to using 
Octet String (arbitrary octets).  Is that appropriate?  This is just a 
text string after all - I wouldn't have thought the arbitrary octet 
string type is what would be proper in this case.

I'll find similar characters in cn, givenname, sn, at some point I'm 
sure, when I run into users with names that are Spanish, French, etc...

Any guidance is appreciated.

 -dan

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