Name: krT82822			Date: 01/25/2000


(see also 4238917, 4083434)

java version "1.3beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3beta-O)
Java(TM) HotSpot Client VM (build 1.3beta-O, mixed mode)

This bug is related to JNDI & LDAP. (Directory used is Nestcape Directory 4)

When creating an entry in a directory whose directory has a slash,
(With another tool than JNDI since you can't create an entry with slashes)
The directory handle the case with double quotes, the dn looks like:

"cn=group/test",ou=foo,o=somecompany.com

When performing a search or a list that have this kind of DN as a result,
JNDI returns names as expected (with quotes and slashes).

At this point, all is OK. But when trying to access an entry with this kind of
DN, or perform a search on it, JNDI throws a javax.naming.InvalidNameException:

javax.naming.InvalidNameException: "cn=group/test",ou=foo,o=somecompany.com: close
quote appears before end of component can't perform list()


What's strange is that dn with quotes and slashes is legal for LDAP name parser,
this example works well:

        DirContext ctx=getDirContext("ldap://rantanplan/o=somecompany.com","","");
	
	NameParser parser=ctx.getNameParser("");
	Name name=parser.parse("\"cn=group/test\",ou=groups,o=somecompany.com");

	Enumeration e=name.getAll();
	while(e.hasMoreElements()) {
		System.out.println(e.nextElement());
	}

It gives the following result:

       o=somecompany.com
       ou=groups
       cn=group/test

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1/24/2000 eval1127@eng -- additional comments from user, in reply to our asking whether "/" is really valid in the middle of  a DN:

 it is difficult to know if / is a valid character or not but it seems to be, here is the DN grammar from 
RFC 1779 (http://rfc.fh-koeln.de/rfc/html/rfc1779.html).
 
<name> ::= <name-component> ( <spaced-separator> )
          | <name-component> <spaced-separator> <name>
 
   <spaced-separator> ::= <optional-space>
                   <separator>
                   <optional-space>
 
   <separator> ::=  "," | ";"
 
   <optional-space> ::= ( <CR> ) *( " " )
 
   <name-component> ::= <attribute>
           | <attribute> <optional-space> "+"
             <optional-space> <name-component>
 
   <attribute> ::= <string>
           | <key> <optional-space> "=" <optional-space> <string>
 
   <key> ::= 1*( <keychar> ) | "OID." <oid> | "oid." <oid>
   <keychar> ::= letters, numbers, and space
 
   <oid> ::= <digitstring> | <digitstring> "." <oid>
   <digitstring> ::= 1*<digit>
   <digit> ::= digits 0-9
 
   <string> ::= *( <stringchar> | <pair> )
            | '"' *( <stringchar> | <special> | <pair> ) '"'
            | "#" <hex>

   <special> ::= "," | "=" | <CR> | "+" | "<" |  ">"
            | "#" | ";"
 
   <pair> ::= "\" ( <special> | "\" | '"')
   <stringchar> ::= any character except <special> or "\" or '"'

   <hex> ::= 2*<hexchar>
   <hexchar> ::= 0-9, a-f, A-F
 
 
 
So Is "/" part of "any character except <special> or "\" or ' " '   " ?  ;)
 
 
 
All this problems because one of our customer have a directory with slashes everywhere....
 
 
Netscape Directory returns DN like   "cn=group/test",ou=.......
But I think it should be cn="group/test",ou=.......
But this is a case that doesn't work too.
 
(Review ID: 100229) 
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