Why does ldapsearch filter for a uid attribute ignore leading and trailing whitespace?

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Issue

  • Why does ldapsearch filter for a uid attribute ignore leading and trailing whitespace?
    ldapsearch filter uid=" user1", uid="user1 " and uid=user1 are the same.
  • Including whitespace in ldapsearch filter

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9
  • Red Hat Directory Server
  • 389-ds-base

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