DIRECTORY SERVICES

Configuring character encoding for LDAP V2 clients
By default, the LDAP service uses UTF-8 character encoding when returning results with international characters to LDAP V2 clients. Although the LDAP V2 RFC does not support the use of UTF-8, the default behavior ensures that LDAP V2 clients such as EudoraPro 4.1, which uses UTF-8, can work well with the LDAP service.

To support LDAP V2 clients that don't use UTF-8, you can change the default encoding to prevent the LDAP service from using UTF-8 character encoding for V2 clients. If you prevent the use of UTF-8 character encoding for LDAP V2 clients, then the LDAP service may sometimes be unable to return results containing international characters to V2 clients that use UTF-8.

Note The LDAP service always uses UTF-8 character encoding when returning results with international characters to LDAP V3 clients, for example, Microsoft® Outlook Express clients and IBM® Lotus® Notes® clients.

To enable or disable the use of UTF-8 character encoding for LDAP V2 clients for the LDAP service running on any server in a domain:

1. From the IBM® Lotus® Domino® Administrator, open the server that runs the LDAP service, or a server in the same domain as the one that runs the LDAP service.

2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. In the left pane, expand Directory, then LDAP, and then select Settings.

4. Do one of the following:

5. Choose one: 6. Click Save & Close.

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