When setting up an external LDAP system, the bind password is crucial for secure login. However, if this password includes special characters like double quotes ("), it can break the configuration.
This is because the system uses bash expansion, where double quotes are interpreted as the end of the password. When the system encounters a quote, it mistakenly thinks the password ends there, which leads to errors.
This misinterpretation causes the configuration process to fail because the password isn't read correctly.
Steps to reproduce
set up an external LDAP account provider and set a bind password of a user with a " (double quote) in the password of the bind user : here BindTestPassword" at the end
the password BindTestPassword" breaks the configuration
Expected behavior
When setting up an LDAP system, I didn't expect that using double quotes in the bind password would break the configuration.
Actual behavior
This error should not exist. To prevent it, we must ensure that bash expansion does not occur. Instead, we need to use a secure method to pass the password into the Python function. By doing this, we can avoid issues caused by special characters like quotes in the password and ensure the configuration works correctly.
When setting up an external LDAP system, the bind password is crucial for secure login. However, if this password includes special characters like double quotes ("), it can break the configuration. This is because the system uses bash expansion, where double quotes are interpreted as the end of the password. When the system encounters a quote, it mistakenly thinks the password ends there, which leads to errors.
This misinterpretation causes the configuration process to fail because the password isn't read correctly.
Steps to reproduce
"
(double quote) in the password of the bind user : hereBindTestPassword"
at the endBindTestPassword"
breaks the configurationExpected behavior
When setting up an LDAP system, I didn't expect that using double quotes in the bind password would break the configuration.
Actual behavior
This error should not exist. To prevent it, we must ensure that bash expansion does not occur. Instead, we need to use a secure method to pass the password into the Python function. By doing this, we can avoid issues caused by special characters like quotes in the password and ensure the configuration works correctly.
Components
webtop:1.0.19
See also
https://community.nethserver.org/t/webtop-with-external-ldap/23251
thank fausp