[DIRSTUDIO-161] Unable to enter Base DN ending in 'dc='

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.0
• Component/s: studio-ldapbrowser
• Environment: LDAP Studio 0.8.1 on Windows XP MCE 2005
• Assignee: Stefan Seelmann
• Reporter: Andy Deckowitz
• Created: 01/Aug/07 22:22
• Updated: 13/Jun/08 12:48
• Resolved: 10/Feb/08 14:11

Description

I'm trying to establish a Connection to an iPlanet LDAP server. The Base DN for this server is of the form 'dc=smtp,dc=company,dc=com,dc=' - note the trailing 'dc='. This Base DN is valid and mandatory - access to this server won't work without it.
If I attempt the 'Fetch Base DNs' function, I get a java.lang.NullPointerException error while fetching the Base DN.
If I leave 'Get base DNs from Root DSE' set, the Connection fails to open with an error of "Empty Value is not allowed! Can't set Base DN entry'.
If I attempt to type in the actual Base DN, I get a popup that states 'Please enter a valid Base DN'.
If I attempt any other value for Base DN, the connection fails with a LDAP error 32 - No Such Object.

I am able to browse the server with the Novell ldapsearch and the LDAP Browser/Editor v2.8.2, but not with an OpenLDAP ldapsearch 2.3.30, if that helps anything.

I don't know if relaxing the Base DN validation rule on the Connection form is enough to fix my issue as I see no way to test that scenario. Hand-editing the connections.xml (putting in a fake final dc=blah and then deleting the blah value from the file) does not seem to have done the trick.