[Freeipa-devel] Re: [PATCH] Fix bug in ldap2.normalize_dn.

[Pavel Zuna]

Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Pavel Zuna wrote:
>> [Re-post of forgotten patch.]
>>
>> Patch 0001: Fix bug in ldap2.normalize_dn.
>>
>> Pavel
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the commit comment about mixed case DNs. If 
> this function is supposed to normalize DNs then they should all come out 
> the same, right?
> 
> rob
Well, I run into a problem with the service plugin (and it would probably cause 
problems in other plugins too). When creating the entry with a RDN attribute 
containing upper-case characters, 2 values were actually created. For example:

# ipa service2-create DNS/test
----------------
service2-create:
----------------
   dn: krbprincipalname=dns/test at pzuna,cn=services,cn=accounts,dc=pzuna
   krbprincipalname: DNS/test at PZUNA
   krbprincipalname: dns/test at pzuna
   objectclass: krbprincipal
   objectclass: krbprincipalaux
   objectclass: krbticketpolicyaux
   objectclass: ipaservice
   objectclass: pkiuser
   objectclass: top
---------------------------
Created service "DNS/test.
---------------------------

One of the value was entered by the plugin and the other one derived from the DN 
(which was actually build from the attribute value, but converted to lower-case) 
by DS.

The old plugin wasn't converting DN to lower-case and let DS figure out the RDN 
attribute value from it.

There might be a better way around this, but I couldn't find any.

Pavel