[Fedora-directory-users] LdapSearch Field Length

[Nathan Kinder]

Jim Summers wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I was modifying the value of an attribute, automountInformation in 
> this instance.  The modify works as expected, but when I use 
> ldapsearch to dump the  entry containing the new value it seems to 
> truncate it at 78 characters, that is (attribute name + attribute 
> value).  The remainder of the value is on the next line, which has 
> caused some scripts to not work as expected.
>
> The manpage for ldapsearch did not reveal any clues or switches to get 
> around this length limit.  Could it be a server limit?
>
> Interesting also is that db2ldif produces the same behavior.

This is part of the LDIF standard.  You can refer RFC 2849 for details 
on the LDIF syntax.

>
> Ideas on what I could do to get the value retruned back on one line?

The "-U" option to db2ldif will tell it to not fold lines.  The "-T" 
option to ldapsearch will do the same.

-NGK

>
> STRANGE EXAMPLE OUTPUT:
> ===============
> automountInformation: -rw,actimeo=30,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 
> fs001:/raid/facst
>  aff/faharris
> ===============
>
> EXPECTED OUTPUT:
> ===============
> automountInformation: -rw,actimeo=30,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 
> fs001:/raid/facstaff/faharris
> ===============
>
> The above examples may not be clear due to email wrapping, but in the 
> first one ldapsearch truncates at the "t" and in the second there is 
> not truncating.
>
> TIA