Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Strange ldif export with é, è, ... french characters code

[Lalas]

Mike Jackson wrote:

> Lalas wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> When users have some french characters code in fields (i.e. givenName 
>> & cn), the ldif export file is bad. Here my ldif users import file 
>> and the ldif export file using admin console.
>>
>> import-with-french-char.ldif :
>>
>> dn: uid=s.courtin,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=fr
>> changetype: add
>> objectClass: person
>> objectClass: organizationalperson
>> objectClass: inetOrgPerson
>> objectClass: top
>> objectClass: mailrecipient
>> uid: s.courtin
>> sn: COURTIN
>> givenName: Ségolène
>> cn: Ségolène COURTIN
>> employeeType: Etudiants
>> userPassword: ******
>> mail: s.courtin at domain.fr
>>
>> export-bad.ldif:
>>
>> dn: uid=s.courtin,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=fr
>> employeeType: Etudiants
>> givenName:: U8OpZ29sw6huZQ==
>> objectClass: person
>> objectClass: organizationalperson
>> objectClass: inetOrgPerson
>> objectClass: top
>> objectClass: mailrecipient
>> uid: s.courtin
>> mail: s.courtin at domain.fr
>> cn:: U8OpZ29sw6huZSBDT1VSVElO
>> sn: COURTIN
>> userPassword: *********
>> creatorsname: cn=manager
>> modifiersname: cn=manager
>> createtimestamp: 20050814113424Z
>> modifytimestamp: 20050814113424Z
>> nsuniqueid: 4ced0081-1dd211b2-80efc6a3-3b060000
>> parentid: 4
>> entryid: 1874
>> entrydn: uid=s.courtin,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=fr
>> numsubordinates: 0
>> subschemasubentry: cn=schema
>> hassubordinates: FALSE
>>
>> If I use "cn: Segolene COURTIN" & "givenName: Segolene", the export 
>> file is correct ... but I would use french char.
>>
>> Is there a bug or (probably) a configuration error ?
>> For information my FDS is running on FC3 with LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>> - Lalas -
>>
>
> This is normal. See RFC 2849.
>
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2849.html
>
>
> Mike
>
Argh! it's normal !! :)
Thank you for the information.