auth_bind with "()" in username not working

[Matthias Lay]

Hi again,

did some more tseting on this.

I think the problem is the ldap userlookup, where "("s are evil and
have to be quoted, but these quotes should be removed for the bind
request.

I get my usernames from ldap with a filter like this

user_filter = (sAMAccountName=%Ln)

so I think in between this to steps is the problem.

For testing I hard coded the username for auth_bind and compared strace
output from the auth process


auth_bind_userdn = "spdev\\claasc (test)"


this works fine. strace output from imap login


write(26, "0+\2\1\2`&\2\1\3\4\23spdev\\claasc
(test)\200\fHubertHans99", 45) 


compared to

auth_bind_userdn = "spdev\\%Ln"

which gives

write(26, "0-\2\1\2`(\2\1\3\4\25spdev\\claasc
\\(test\\)\200\fHubertHans99", 47)

and wrong credentials


nobody else encountering similar problems? maybe the "()" are the only
chars making problems at this point


Greetz Matze