Re: trailing characters in olcserverids after conversion

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

Oliver Liebel wrote:
> 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 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 whsp/tabs 
> at the end
> of the line or similar, invisible chars).
> i have tested it without \"\ and without portnumber,
> tested conversion with slaptest and slapd,
> in virtual and real machines,
> result is always the same.
>
> any ideas?

If this behavior is consistently reproducible, I suggest you file an ITS 
<http://www.openldap.org/its>.

p.


Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
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