Re: Error with usernames containing periods

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On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/08/2014 03:26 AM, Dave Page wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 07/07/2014 06:09 AM, Dave Page wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I'm working on a PoC migration of an OpenLDAP infrastructure to 389.
>>>> Our existing directory has periods in all of the usernames, e.g.
>>>> dave.page. However, this seems to cause problems with the org chart
>>>> interface, which complains with:
>>>>
>>>> "." is not allowed in search filters.
>>>>
>>>> when clicking on the org chart icon for a user. The same issue is seen
>>>> when using directory express and clicking the org chart link.
>>>>
>>>> How can I resolve this, without changing hundreds of usernames (which
>>>> is not an option)?
>>>
>>> Please file a ticket.
>>
>> Done: https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/47842
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>>
>>> Are you a perl hacker, by any chance?
>>
>> Not really (more of a C/C++ guy). I may be able to figure it out
>> though, if you can point me in the right direction.
>>
> Hmm - looking at the code - looks like you could edit orgchart.conf and add
> "." to the allowed-filter-chars
>
> https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/389/dsgw.git/tree/orgbin/org.in#n992
>
> https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/389/dsgw.git/tree/orgbin/org.in#n1250

That seems to break it entirely - no error message, no results, and
nothing in the logs to give any clues :-(

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