This might be due to the attribute value being binary rather than there being an extra trailing space. Lookie here:
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Antoine Levy-Lambert (JIRA) < [email protected]> wrote: > attribute type with trailing space in the description prevents apacheds > from restarting > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DIRSERVER-1581 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-1581 > ... > I had one attribute type with a trailing space in the description > > attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.8104.1.1.37 NAME 'versionNumber' DESC > 'versionNumber ' EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch SUBSTR > caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 > SINGLE-VALUE) > > using directory 1.5.7 this translates in the following ldif : > > m-description:: dmVyc2lvbk51bWJlciA= > > Note the description field is being used as a binary attribute and this is probably why the error occurred on startup. Something is translating the description field into a binary value instead of a directory string if that space is present from the LDAP representation ==> ApacheDS LDIF format. Sorry would have put this in JIRA but my damn password is not working ... have to reset. -- Alex Karasulu My Blog :: http://www.jroller.com/akarasulu/ Apache Directory Server :: http://directory.apache.org Apache MINA :: http://mina.apache.org To set up a meeting with me: http://tungle.me/AlexKarasulu
