Hi, I don't know whether it is a bug or a feature. If i make an ldapsearch (or a search by perl LDAP) the ESCAPED tab is not taken into account : the search ldapsearch -x -D... -h <server> -b "<base>" "(uid=\09user1\09)" gives the same result (the entry corresponding to user1) as ldapsearch -x -D... -h <server> -b "<base>" "(uid=user1)" The logs show that the filter makes successfully its way to the ldap core: 07/Apr/2008:16:03:30 +0200] conn=85418 op=3 SRCH base="..." scope=2 filter="(uid=\09user1\09)" attrs=ALL 07/Apr/2008:16:03:45 +0200] conn=85418 op=3 SRCH base="..." scope=2 filter="(uid=user1)" attrs=ALL How do i search then the attribute that starts with the tab symbol (\09)? Thank you!