Problem with LDAP search filter containing a backslash ('\')

[Clément OUDOT]

Hi,

I have a piece of code where I build a search filter with some
variables, like this:

    my $searchFilter =
      "(&(objectClass=" . $portal->{ldapGroupObjectClass} . ")(|";
    foreach ( split( $portal->{multiValuesSeparator}, $value ) ) {
        $searchFilter .= "(" . $key . "=" . $_ . ")";
    }
    $searchFilter .= "))";

This works well, excepted when the value (in the key=value syntax)
contains a backslash ('\'). This is the case for example if the value
is a DN like this : cn=OUDOT\, Clement, ou=users, dc=example, dc=com

To make this works, I added this line :

$searchFilter =~ s/\\/\\\\/;


My question: is this a bug in my code, or can this be a Perl-LDAP bug?
I am using version 0.4001.


Thanks for your help,


Clément OUDOT
http://lemonldap-ng.org