[squid-users] Re: Character conversion between authentication and authorisation

Hi Amos,

   Does squid have an inverse function ? I need UTF-8 encoded strings for
ldap matches and squid_kerb_auth gives me that (as far as I recall) . Would
the ldap_group external helper deal with this case ?

Markus

"Amos Jeffries" <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote in message
news:89ad0c1deef6144a82a9c1b5cd69499e_at_treenet.co.nz...
> On 31.07.2012 11:09, Markus Moeller wrote:
>> How are special characters converted in squid ? For example my
>> squid_kerb_auth would return müller for müller, but when using
>> %LOGIN for the authorisation helper I get m%C3%BCller which I don't
>> expect in squid_kerb_ldap.
>>
>> Are there fucntions in squid which convert strings into different
>> chracter sets?
>>
>> Markus
>
> Strings passed to external_acl_type are URL-encoded to protect against
> parsing errors (whitespace in usernames, header content, etc). The
> character set is not altered.
>
> Amos
>
>
Received on Tue Jul 31 2012 - 18:37:44 MDT