I agree with Jerry and others. You'll need to put something, and something unmistakable like "-" would do the trick. Putting in control characters may actually break scripts (even though, technically, the script writer should write better code).
Why are you using inetOrgPerson if you don't need that field? If you are forcing data fields to behave in odd ways, then perhaps you're using the wrong object class. In other words, there may be a better way to solve this problem entirely. -----Original Message----- From: bounce-ldap-3356...@listserver.itd.umich.edu [mailto:bounce-ldap-3356...@listserver.itd.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Gerard Seibert Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:21 PM To: ldap@listserver.itd.umich.edu Subject: [ldap] Entering a 'NULL' character Is it possible to enter a 'NULL' character into a LDIF field? In some cases, I do not have a legitimate surname to enter in the sn: field. The inetorgperson.schema requires it. I tried this: sn:: IA== I thought I could enter the base64 representation of a space; however, that does not work. i receive an error message. I would like to enter a true NULL but that doesn't seem possible.
