Thanks to nkinder@redhat.com for his reviews and comments.  Following his
findings, these bugs were fixed.
1) If nsslapd-dn-validate-strict is set, check the incoming DNs and reject them
if they are not valid.  Once approved, the DNs are normalized.
2) Function in the acl plugin acllas__client_match_URL was calling
slapi_dn_normalize_ext against URL (not DN), which was not a correct usage of
the API.  Now, the strict DN part is passed to the API.
3) Fixed typos in the acl plugin.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=409036&action=diff

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=409036&action=edit

Thanks,
--noriko
On 4/21/10 4:22 PM, Noriko Hosoi wrote:
Background info:
http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrade_to_New_DN_Format

Fix Description:
. adding slapi_dn_normalize_ext and its siblings to normalize/validate
  invalid DNs; deprecating slapi_dn_normalize and its siblings. (dn.c)
. replacing slapi_dn_normalize with new corresponding functions.
. normalizing hardcoded DNs (e.g., removing spaces around ',')
. setting correct DN syntax to nsslapd-suffix, nsslapd-ldapiautodnsuffix,
  costemplatedn, nsslapd-changelogsuffix, nsBaseDN, nsBindDN

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