Bug 53168 – ldap.DECODING_ERROR creating invalid entry

Bug 53168 - ldap.DECODING_ERROR creating invalid entry


Summary:	ldap.DECODING_ERROR creating invalid entry

Status:	NEW

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	UDM - CLI
Version:	UCS 5.0
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	UMC maintainers
QA Contact:	UMC maintainers

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Reported:	2021-04-27 10:37 CEST by Philipp Hahn
Modified:	2021-04-27 11:00 CEST (History)
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What type of bug is this?:	4: Minor Usability: Impairs usability in secondary scenarios
Who will be affected by this bug?:	3: Will affect average number of installed domains
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Description Philipp Hahn

2021-04-27 10:37:27 CEST

# udm dns/ptr_record create --superordinate zoneName=3.2.1.in-addr.arpa, --set ip=1.2.3.4 --set ptr_record=..
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/univention-directory-manager-tools/univention-cli-server", line 210, in doit
    output = univention.admincli.admin.doit(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/univention/admincli/admin.py", line 389, in doit
    out = _doit(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/univention/admincli/admin.py", line 573, in _doit
    position.setDn(position_dn)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/univention/admin/uldap.py", line 294, in setDn
    dn = ldap.dn.str2dn(dn)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ldap/dn.py", line 52, in str2dn
    return ldap.functions._ldap_function_call(None,_ldap.str2dn,dn,flags)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ldap/functions.py", line 55, in _ldap_function_call
    result = func(*args,**kwargs)
ldap.DECODING_ERROR

UDM should print a better error, e.g. "DN invalid".

Comment 1 Florian Best

2021-04-27 11:00:20 CEST

Same with an invalid "position". Behavior also present in UCS 4.4:

# udm users/user create --position zoneName=3.2.1.in-addr.arpa,
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/univention-directory-manager-tools/univention-cli-server", line 219, in doit
    output = univention.admincli.admin.doit(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/univention/admincli/admin.py", line 409, in doit
    out = _doit(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/univention/admincli/admin.py", line 600, in _doit
    position.setDn(position_dn)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/univention/admin/uldap.py", line 297, in setDn
    dn = ldap.dn.str2dn(dn)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ldap/dn.py", line 53, in str2dn
    return ldap.functions._ldap_function_call(None,_ldap.str2dn,dn,flags)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ldap/functions.py", line 66, in _ldap_function_call
    result = func(*args,**kwargs)
DECODING_ERROR