Note: This applies to DocuShare 5.x, 6.0.x, 6.5.x and 6.6.x.
Issue
The LDAP login does not work when the LDAP user's CN (bind attribute) contains a backslash “\†character.
This issue has been SPARed and is a known limitation in DocuShare. To support the backslash in the LDAP user’s CN would take a lot of work and risk.
Note: DocuShare does support forward slashes “/â€, and round brackets "(",")" in CN field.
Solution
Use a forward slash “/†in their CN field instead of a backslash “\†in CN field. (see examples listed below)
Example:
The following Active Directory (AD) users were created on a 2003 server.
firstname: z(z
lastname: z(z
username: z_1
password: a
CN: CN=z(z z(z,OU=QA,DC=ds-domain03,DC=docushare,DC=singapore
firstname: z)z
lastname: z)z
username: z_2
password: a
CN: CN=z)z z)z,OU=QA,DC=ds-domain03,DC=docushare,DC=singapore
firstname: z/z
lastname: z/z
username: z_3
password: a
CN=z/z z/z,OU=QA,DC=ds-domain03,DC=docushare,DC=Singapore
All of these LDAP users can be successfully added to DocuShare and all of the users can login to DocuShare successfully.
SPAR 0019071 (August 14/08)
Solution Updated: June 25th 2012
Solution ID: 385