466400 - Can't do LDAP lookup of Active Directory with Japanese (Unicode) characters in Base DN

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 389655

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

Description

[ces-mozillabugs]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.18 (20081105)

I'm working in Japan. I would like to look-up addresses in my company's Active Directory.

The problem is, the relevant "Base DN" has Japanese text in it. When I try to put it in the "Base DN" field of the configuration dialog box, it looks fine, but after I click okay, then try to open the dialog again, all the fields have become empty.

E.g.:
OU=車載,OU=裾野,OU=管理,DC=department1,DC=local

Alternatively, if I try a shorter variation of the Base DN, it will clear the Base DN to simply "OU=" and leave the other fields intact. E.g.:
OU=管理,DC=department1,DC=local

I can do look-ups of the LDAP server just fine using the following Java tool:
http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/applet/applet.html


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new LDAP Directory in the address book window
2. Fill out various details in the fields.
3. For the "Base DN" field, enter:
OU=車載,OU=裾野,OU=管理,DC=department1,DC=local
4. Click okay.
5. Double-click on the LDAP directory just created. Observe that most fields have been blanked.

Alternatively:
3. For the "Base DN" field, enter:
OU=管理,DC=department1,DC=local
4. Click okay.
5. Double-click on the LDAP directory just created. Observe that the Base DN field only contains "OU=".

Actual Results:  
Resulting LDAP directory lookup fields are blank, or the Base DN field is truncated.

Expected Results:  
LDAP Directory configuration fields should contain text as entered.

Comment 1

[ces-mozillabugs]

A little related: bug #151448

Comment 2

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

This has already been fixed for the next major version of Thunderbird (3).