[Mono-bugs] [Bug 78893][Min] New - Novell.Directory.Ldap - System.NullReferenceException in LdapConnection.FetchSchema

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http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=78893

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+Bug#: 78893
+Product: Mono: Class Libraries
+Version: unspecified
+OS: 
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: Unknown
+Priority: Minor
+Component: System
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs at ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: mono at danm.de               
+QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Novell.Directory.Ldap - System.NullReferenceException in LdapConnection.FetchSchema
+
+Description of Problem:
+
+Hello,
+
+first I have to say that I'm not sure whether this is a bug of RedHat's
+default configuration or Novell's LDAP libraries (included in mono-1.1.16.1).
+The latest Fedora Directory Server release 1.0.2[1] has a weird schema
+entry. The default installation has one matching rule without NAME tag:
+
+2.16.840.1.113730.3.3.2.0.3 SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15
+
+After googling for it I found out that the NAME should be
+'caseExactSubstringMatch'. However if you call the
+LdapConnection.FetchSchema(string DN) method the interpreter throws a
+System.NullReferenceException. That means you won't get ANYTHING - not even
+the correct entries. I backtracked the error to
+Novell.Directory.Ldap.Utilclass/SchemaParser.cs. On my website you can find
+a small patch[2] that initializes the 'names' variable with an empty
+string. After applying that patch everything worked as expected (at least
+on my system :-).
+
+bye,
+Daniel Mueller
+
+[1] http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Main_Page
+[2]
+http://www.danm.de/files/src/mono/patches/mono-1.1.16.1-FedoraDsSchema.patch
+
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. setup a Fedora Directory Server
+2. call the LdapConnection.FetchSchema("cn=schema") function
+
+Actual Results:
+- System.NullReferenceException.
+
+Expected Results:
+- Getting a valid LdapSchema object.
+
+How often does this happen? 
+- everytime
+
+Additional Information:
+- patch (hack!)
+http://www.danm.de/files/src/mono/patches/mono-1.1.16.1-FedoraDsSchema.patch