Re: Manage IA5strings with Perl LDAP

On 27 Nov 2008, at 15:58, Clément OUDOT wrote:

>>
>> On Nov 26, 2008, at 4:28 AM, Clément OUDOT wrote:
>>> Thanks for your answer. I have to translate java code to perl ;) But
>>> another question, it seems the value we get from AD is binary, I use
>>> the
>>> "raw" attribute in Net::LDAP search but the value I get is not what
>>> I can
>>> see with an ldapsearch... Is there a better way to manage binary
>>> data in
>>> perl-ldap ?
>>
>> ldapsearch is outputing in LDIF and binary data will be base64
>> encoded. You can tell this by the double : after the attribute name
>>
>> you should see the same result if you use Net::LDAP::LDIF to output
>> your entry
>>
>> my $ldif = Net::LDAP::LDIF->new('-','w');
>> $ldif->write_entry($entry);
>
>
> Yes you are right!
>
> The problem is now that the value is outputed as utf-8, and if you  
> want to
> manage such attribute, you have to convert it into bytes :
> http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_help_desk/showthread.php?t=4735
>
> This page helps me to convert the utf-8 into hexadecimal. Then you can
> easily transform hexa to binary.
>
> Did someone on this list use this kind of attributes in his perl code?

The rfc822mailbox (aka "mail") attribute uses the IA5string syntax. I  
bet a few people use that attribute.

Cheers,

Chris