[DIRSERVER-638] Searches with escaped characters in the base DN fail.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-RC3
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-RC4, 1.5.0
• Environment: ApacheDS 1.0 RC 3; Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_04-b05); Microsoft Windows XP version 5.1 Service Pack 1
• Assignee: Alex Karasulu
• Reporter: Stefan Zoerner
• Created: 08/Jun/06 22:30
• Updated: 08/Aug/06 06:21
• Resolved: 06/Aug/06 16:10

Description

Searches with escaped characters in the base DN fail. I have created a test entry like this:

dn: sn=Ferry,dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: top
objectclass: person
sn: Ferry
cn: Bryan Ferry

and perform searches with the following parameters

1)
BASE DN: sn=\46\65\72\72\79,dc=example,dc=com
Filter: (cn=Bryan Ferry)
Scope: BASE

2)
BASE DN: sn=#4665727279,dc=example,dc=com
Filter: (cn=Bryan Ferry)
Scope: BASE

In both cases the entry is not found, although it should (see examples in Chapter 5 of RFC 2253). In example 1 the search base is the DN of the example with "Ferry" escaped with backslashes. The second example is the same search base, but with the value BER encoded (octet String).

An attached JUnit test creates the entry and performs both search ops. It passes with Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 but fails with ApacheDS.