Apahe Directory Studio -- LDIF Export BASE-64 Encoding Strings
[ApacheDS] Using version 1.5.3 of Apache Directory Studio to export an LDIF. I have some attributes that are Directory String types, but they have some markup in them. The LDIF export is BASE-64 encoding these strings, and I'm unable to find a way to force it to just output the string as-is. For example: A displayName value of 'bEngineering Support/b (Also Select Home Page)' Becomes (in the LDIF): 'displayName:: PGI+RW5naW5lZXJpbmcgU3VwcG9ydDwvYj4gKEFsc28gU2VsZWN0ICJIb21lIFBhZ2UiKQ==' Other displayName values (without any markup) export fine (as simple text). Advice? Chris Lohse Identity Mgmt Team, Corporate Computer Security Deere Company World Headquarters 400 - 19th Street Moline, IL 61265 Office: (309) 765-4469 Mobile: (309) 781-6446
Re: Apahe Directory Studio -- LDIF Export BASE-64 Encoding Strings
Le 2/27/12 7:25 PM, Lohse Chris a écrit : [ApacheDS] Using version 1.5.3 of Apache Directory Studio to export an LDIF. I have some attributes that are Directory String types, but they have some markup in them. The LDIF export is BASE-64 encoding these strings, and I'm unable to find a way to force it to just output the string as-is. For example: A displayName value of 'bEngineering Support/b (Also Select Home Page)' Becomes (in the LDIF): 'displayName:: PGI+RW5naW5lZXJpbmcgU3VwcG9ydDwvYj4gKEFsc28gU2VsZWN0ICJIb21lIFBhZ2UiKQ==' Other displayName values (without any markup) export fine (as simple text). Advice? A value starting with '' will be base 64 encoded. That's what specify RFC 2849 : value-spec = : (FILL 0*1(SAFE-STRING) / : FILL (BASE64-STRING) / FILL url) ; See notes 7 and 8, below SAFE-STRING = [SAFE-INIT-CHAR *SAFE-CHAR] SAFE-INIT-CHAR = %x01-09 / %x0B-0C / %x0E-1F / %x21-39 / %x3B / %x3D-7F ; any value= 127 except NUL, LF, CR, ; SPACE, colon (:, ASCII 58 decimal) ; and less-than ( , ASCII 60 decimal)--- The reason is that a value like : displayName: (some URI) will get its value from a URI. There is no way to force your data to be in clear text. -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
RE: Apahe Directory Studio -- LDIF Export BASE-64 Encoding Strings -- RESOLVED
Emmanuel, Thanks for the lesson. I'll find another way! Chris Lohse Identity Mgmt Team, Corporate Computer Security Deere Company World Headquarters 400 - 19th Street Moline, IL 61265 Office: (309) 765-4469 Mobile: (309) 781-6446 -Original Message- From: Emmanuel Lécharny [mailto:elecha...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 12:59 PM To: users@directory.apache.org Subject: Re: Apahe Directory Studio -- LDIF Export BASE-64 Encoding Strings Le 2/27/12 7:25 PM, Lohse Chris a écrit : [ApacheDS] Using version 1.5.3 of Apache Directory Studio to export an LDIF. I have some attributes that are Directory String types, but they have some markup in them. The LDIF export is BASE-64 encoding these strings, and I'm unable to find a way to force it to just output the string as-is. For example: A displayName value of 'bEngineering Support/b (Also Select Home Page)' Becomes (in the LDIF): 'displayName:: PGI+RW5naW5lZXJpbmcgU3VwcG9ydDwvYj4gKEFsc28gU2VsZWN0ICJIb21lIFBhZ2UiKQ==' Other displayName values (without any markup) export fine (as simple text). Advice? A value starting with '' will be base 64 encoded. That's what specify RFC 2849 : value-spec = : (FILL 0*1(SAFE-STRING) / : FILL (BASE64-STRING) / FILL url) ; See notes 7 and 8, below SAFE-STRING = [SAFE-INIT-CHAR *SAFE-CHAR] SAFE-INIT-CHAR = %x01-09 / %x0B-0C / %x0E-1F / %x21-39 / %x3B / %x3D-7F ; any value= 127 except NUL, LF, CR, ; SPACE, colon (:, ASCII 58 decimal) ; and less-than ( , ASCII 60 decimal)--- The reason is that a value like : displayName: (some URI) will get its value from a URI. There is no way to force your data to be in clear text. -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
