[#DIRSERVER-625] Adding an entry with an equals sign ('=') in RDN value causes protocol error

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Adding an entry with an equals sign ('=') in RDN value causes protocol error

Created: 29/May/06 10:52 PM Updated: 25/Jun/06 07:09 PM

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Affects Version/s:

1.0-RC3

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Environment:

Server: ApacheDS 1.0-RC3 (Windows XP, JDK 1.5.0_04)

Resolution Date:

29/May/06 11:21 PM

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Adding the following entry to the ApacheDS server (default configuration, i.e. server.xml unchanged) causes a protocol error:

dn: ou=nomen=omen,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: organizationalUnit
ou: nomen=omen

The '='-sign is probably the cause of the problem.

I used both Softerra LDAP Administrator and ldapadd (from Sun Java system Directory Server) to add a file with the above content. Both attempts failed, and the client connection was closed with a protocol error. ApacheDS was still up and working afterwards (it still accepted client connections and served requests).

Note that I was able to import the file with the relevant entry in other servers, i.e. Sun Java System Directory Server.

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Stefan Zoerner added a comment - 29/May/06 10:54 PM

changed summary to clarify issue

Stefan Zoerner made changes - 29/May/06 10:54 PM

Field	Original Value	New Value
Summary	Adding an entry with an equals sign ('=') in the DN causes protocol error	Adding an entry with an equals sign ('=') in RDN value causes protocol error

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Emmanuel Lecharny added a comment - 29/May/06 11:21 PM

'=' sign is not allowed in a DN value, except if escaped, has stated by RFC 2253 :

...
special = "," / "=" / "+" / "<" / ">" / "#" / ";"
pair = "\" ( special / "\" / QUOTATION / hexpair )
...

Emmanuel Lecharny made changes - 29/May/06 11:21 PM

Resolution		Invalid [ 6 ]
Status	Open [ 1 ]	Resolved [ 5 ]

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Stefan Zoerner added a comment - 25/Jun/06 07:09 PM

You are right, Emmanuel. I close this one.

Stefan Zoerner made changes - 25/Jun/06 07:09 PM

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