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1 /*
2 Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
3 ldap filter argument escaping
5 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Luke Howard <lukeh@padl.com>,
6 Copyright (C) 2003 Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
12 (at your option) any later version.
14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 GNU General Public License for more details.
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
23 #include "includes.h"
25 /**
26 * Escape a parameter to an LDAP filter string, so they cannot contain
27 * embeded ( ) * or \ chars which may cause it not to parse correctly.
29 * @param s The input string
31 * @return A string allocated with malloc(), containing the escaped string,
32 * and to be free()ed by the caller.
33 **/
35 char *escape_ldap_string_alloc(const char *s)
37 size_t len = strlen(s)+1;
38 char *output = (char *)SMB_MALLOC(len);
39 const char *sub;
40 int i = 0;
41 char *p = output;
43 if (output == NULL) {
44 return NULL;
47 while (*s)
49 switch (*s)
51 case '*':
52 sub = "\\2a";
53 break;
54 case '(':
55 sub = "\\28";
56 break;
57 case ')':
58 sub = "\\29";
59 break;
60 case '\\':
61 sub = "\\5c";
62 break;
63 default:
64 sub = NULL;
65 break;
68 if (sub) {
69 len = len + 3;
70 output = (char *)SMB_REALLOC(output, len);
71 if (!output) {
72 return NULL;
75 p = &output[i];
76 strncpy (p, sub, 3);
77 p += 3;
78 i += 3;
80 } else {
81 *p = *s;
82 p++;
83 i++;
85 s++;
88 *p = '\0';
89 return output;
92 char *escape_rdn_val_string_alloc(const char *s)
94 char *output, *p;
96 /* The maximum size of the escaped string can be twice the actual size */
97 output = (char *)SMB_MALLOC(2*strlen(s) + 1);
99 if (output == NULL) {
100 return NULL;
103 p = output;
105 while (*s)
107 switch (*s)
109 case ',':
110 case '=':
111 case '+':
112 case '<':
113 case '>':
114 case '#':
115 case ';':
116 case '\\':
117 case '\"':
118 *p++ = '\\';
119 *p++ = *s;
120 break;
121 default:
122 *p = *s;
123 p++;
126 s++;
129 *p = '\0';
131 /* resize the string to the actual final size */
132 output = (char *)SMB_REALLOC(output, strlen(output) + 1);
133 return output;