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.
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To support LDAP V2 clients that do not 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.
Use the following steps 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.