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: S?gol?ne > cn: S?gol?ne 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 -- LDAP Directory Consulting - http://www.netauth.com