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OVD 11.1.1.9 errors with "Exception in thread "Ldap Proxy Buffer-8" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException" (Doc ID 2093795.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 30, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Virtual Directory - Version 11.1.1.9.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On : 11.1.1.9.0 version, Virtual Directory Server 

attempting the following query at command line for an OVD store that maps an ODSEE dynamic group

ldapsearch -h <OVD_HOSTNAME> -p <OVD_PORT> -D "cn=orcladmin" -w <PASSWORD> -b o=<ORG> "(&(|(objectclass=<CUSTOM_OBJECTCLASS>)(objectclass=organization)(objectclass=groupofurls)(objectclass=groupOfUniqueNames))(uniquemember=uid=<UID>,ou=people,o=<DOMAIN>.com,o=<ORG>))" cn orclguid objectclass

Few results are returned and then the window hangs.  After a short time, the following error message is reported in the OVD console log files.

Exception in thread "Ldap Proxy Buffer-8" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Not a valid attribute string value:Slash\And\Burn01,improper usage of backslash
  at javax.naming.ldap.Rdn.unescapeValue(Rdn.java:663)
  at javax.naming.ldap.Rfc2253Parser.doParse(Rfc2253Parser.java:118)
  at javax.naming.ldap.Rfc2253Parser.parseDn(Rfc2253Parser.java:70)
  at javax.naming.ldap.LdapName.parse(LdapName.java:789)
  at javax.naming.ldap.LdapName.(LdapName.java:125)
  at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapSearchEnumeration.createItem(LdapSearchEnumeration.java:75)
  at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapNamingEnumeration.nextAux(LdapNamingEnumeration.java:274)
  at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapNamingEnumeration.nextImpl(LdapNamingEnumeration.java:254)
  at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapNamingEnumeration.next(LdapNamingEnumeration.java:202)
  at com.octetstring.vde.backend.jndi.JNDIEntrySet.getNextInternal(JNDIEntrySet.java:307)
  at com.octetstring.vde.backend.jndi.JNDIResultBuffer.loadAnEntry(JNDIResultBuffer.java:96)
  at com.octetstring.vde.backend.jndi.JNDIResultBuffer.run(JNDIResultBuffer.java:131)


ERROR
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Exception in thread "Ldap Proxy Buffer-8" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Not a valid attribute string value:Slash\And\Burn01,improper usage of backslash

Cause

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