Hi Christian, I was able to reproduce your second problem but not your first one.
Could you please create an issue on our Jira [1]? And please could you try to describe your first problem more detailed, with all the steps to reproduce the problem? Thanks, Stefan P.S. I'm a bit ashamed because I'm also German and using Umlauts all the day ;-) [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSTUDIO Christian Fiebig wrote: > Hi! > > I'm testing ApacheDS 1.5.3 under Win2k3 at the moment (but also tried > this under XP and Vista 32bit). I also tried the Eclipse plugin and the > standalone version of Apache Studio. > > My problem: some entries (sn, givenName and cn) contain special chars > like "ü", "ö". > > For example: > I add an inetOrgPerson entry with the name "Wolfgang Kölbel" in Apache > Studio: > > dn:: Y249V29sZmd[...]jPWNvbQ== > changetype: add > objectClass: inetOrgPerson > objectClass: organizationalPerson > objectClass: person > objectClass: top > sn:: S8O2bGJlbA== > cn:: V29sZmdhbmcgS8O2bGJlbA== > > This works fine so far. The name is displayed correctly in Apache Studio > and on other clients. > > BUT if i want to update oder modifiy this entry, i.e. add initials: > > Error while creating value > [LDAP: error code 54 - failed to modify entry cn=Wolfgang > K\C3\B6lbel,ou=personen,dc=example,dc=com: Invalid value : Wolfgang Kö�l] > [LDAP: error code 54 - failed to modify entry cn=Wolfgang > K\C3\B6lbel,ou=personen,dc=example,dc=com: Invalid value : Wolfgang Kö�l] > > The really strange thing about this is, that other entries work! If the > guy's name is "Hans Müller" it works without any problems. It SEEMS that > the problem occurs when a "b" comes after or near to the special char - > but I'm really not sure on that... > > The second problem is (and I think it's related to the first one): > If I export my entries (containing the special chars) they look like > this (except the xxxxx - of course...): > > dn: cn=Wolfgang K\C3\B6lbel,ou=personen,dc=xxxxxxxxxxxxx,dc=de > objectClass: organizationalPerson > objectClass: person > objectClass: inetOrgPerson > objectClass: top > cn:: V29sZmdhbmcgS8O2bGJlbA== > employeeNumber: xxxxxxxx > givenName: Wolfgang > mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > mobile: +49xxxxxxxxxxxx > sn:: S8O2bGJlbA== > > When I'm importing this back the special chars are not displayed > correctly anymore - "Kölbel" is now displayed as "K\C3\B6lbel" (like in > the file) - only the base64(?) encoded values are still ok. > > So it seems that there is a problem with the encoding!? Is it expected > that the exported files are ANSI and not UTF-8 encoded? But if so - why > it the DN not encoded like the other attributes? > > Any ideas? :-) > > > Christian
