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Werk #6453: LDAP: Users with non-ASCII characters in uid could be created incorrectly

Component User interface
Title LDAP: Users with non-ASCII characters in uid could be created incorrectly
Date Aug 26, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0p3 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

When LDAP users with non-ASCII characters in their user ID are not created by the LDAP sync but during first login, the user data set was stored in a wrong way (wrong encoded user ID). This could lead to exceptions when the user tried to login or when an admin tried to work with the user database.

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