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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have a problem with eldap module. The call eldap:simple_bind(Handle, Dn, Password) don't work correct if the password contains sign '§'.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Is it a known issue? Have I to report this as a bug?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I think , the cause of the problem is maybe the encoding function in ELDAPv3 module (asn1 module from eldap lib). I have generated ELDAPv3.erl from ELDAPv3.asn1 (call asn1ct:compile("ELDAPv3.asn1") and found this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">encode(Type, Data) -><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">try <b>iolist_to_binary(element(1, encode_disp(Type, Data)))</b> of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> Bytes -><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> {ok,Bytes}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">......<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">this call to iolist_to_binary makes the problem by § sign and should by replace by unicode:characters_to_binary/3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">1> erlang:iolist_to_binary([167]).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><<"§">><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">2> unicode:characters_to_binary([167], utf8, utf8).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><<"§"/utf8>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">3> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As a workaround I just convert the password string to binary bevor eldap:simple_bind/4 call, like that:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">PaswordAsBin = unicode:characters_to_binary(Password,utf8,utf8),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BindAnswer = eldap:simple_bind(UserHandle,DN,PaswordAsBin),<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It works but according to documentation of eldap module the password have to be string:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">"simple_bind(Handle, Dn, Password) -> return_value()<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"> OTP R15B01<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Types<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Handle = handle()<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Dn = string()<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Password = string()<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Authenticate the connection using simple authentication."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Maxim<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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