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auth_ldap: fix interpretation of LDAP attributes in Python 3
The python-ldap module returns the LDAP attribute names as strings, and the
attribute values as arrays of bytes, e.g. for email:
'mail': [b'john.doe@example.com'],
See https://www.python-ldap.org/en/latest/bytes_mode.html, particularly:
https://www.python-ldap.org/en/latest/bytes_mode.html#what-s-text-and-what-s-bytes
Due to a missing conversion from bytes to unicode for the attribute values
obtained from LDAP, storing the values in a unicode field in the database would
fail. It would apparently either store a repr of the bytes or store them in
some other way.
Upon user login, SQLAlchemy warned about this:
.../sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py:269: SAWarning: Unicode type received non-unicode bind param value b'John'. (this warning may be suppressed after 10 occurrences)
.../sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py:269: SAWarning: Unicode type received non-unicode bind param value b'Doe'. (this warning may be suppressed after 10 occurrences)
In PostgreSQL, this would result in 'weird' values for first name, last
name, and email fields, both in the database and the web UI, e.g.
firstname: \x4a6f686e
lastname: \x446f65
email: \x6a6f686e406578616d706c652e636f6d
These values represent the actual values in hexadecimal, e.g.
\x4a6f686e = 0x4a 0x6f 0x68 0x6e = J o h n
In SQLite, the problem initially shows differently, as an exception in
gravatar_url():
File "_base_root_html", line 207, in render_body
File "_index_html", line 78, in render_header_menu
File "_base_base_html", line 479, in render_menu
File ".../kallithea/lib/helpers.py", line 908, in gravatar_div
gravatar(email_address, cls=cls, size=size)))
File ".../kallithea/lib/helpers.py", line 923, in gravatar
src = gravatar_url(email_address, size * 2)
File ".../kallithea/lib/helpers.py", line 956, in gravatar_url
.replace('{email}', email_address) \
TypeError: replace() argument 2 must be str, not bytes
but nevertheless the root cause of the problem is the same.
Fix the problem by converting the LDAP attributes from bytes to strings.
The python-ldap module returns the LDAP attribute names as strings, and the
attribute values as arrays of bytes, e.g. for email:
'mail': [b'john.doe@example.com'],
See https://www.python-ldap.org/en/latest/bytes_mode.html, particularly:
https://www.python-ldap.org/en/latest/bytes_mode.html#what-s-text-and-what-s-bytes
Due to a missing conversion from bytes to unicode for the attribute values
obtained from LDAP, storing the values in a unicode field in the database would
fail. It would apparently either store a repr of the bytes or store them in
some other way.
Upon user login, SQLAlchemy warned about this:
.../sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py:269: SAWarning: Unicode type received non-unicode bind param value b'John'. (this warning may be suppressed after 10 occurrences)
.../sqlalchemy/sql/sqltypes.py:269: SAWarning: Unicode type received non-unicode bind param value b'Doe'. (this warning may be suppressed after 10 occurrences)
In PostgreSQL, this would result in 'weird' values for first name, last
name, and email fields, both in the database and the web UI, e.g.
firstname: \x4a6f686e
lastname: \x446f65
email: \x6a6f686e406578616d706c652e636f6d
These values represent the actual values in hexadecimal, e.g.
\x4a6f686e = 0x4a 0x6f 0x68 0x6e = J o h n
In SQLite, the problem initially shows differently, as an exception in
gravatar_url():
File "_base_root_html", line 207, in render_body
File "_index_html", line 78, in render_header_menu
File "_base_base_html", line 479, in render_menu
File ".../kallithea/lib/helpers.py", line 908, in gravatar_div
gravatar(email_address, cls=cls, size=size)))
File ".../kallithea/lib/helpers.py", line 923, in gravatar
src = gravatar_url(email_address, size * 2)
File ".../kallithea/lib/helpers.py", line 956, in gravatar_url
.replace('{email}', email_address) \
TypeError: replace() argument 2 must be str, not bytes
but nevertheless the root cause of the problem is the same.
Fix the problem by converting the LDAP attributes from bytes to strings.
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===================
Debugging Kallithea
===================
If you encounter problems with Kallithea, here are some instructions
on how to debug them.
.. note:: First make sure you're using the latest version available.
Enable detailed debug
---------------------
Kallithea uses the standard Python ``logging`` module to log its output.
By default only loggers with ``INFO`` level are displayed. To enable full output
change ``level = DEBUG`` for all logging handlers in the currently used .ini file.
This change will allow you to see much more detailed output in the log file or
console. This generally helps a lot to track issues.
Enable interactive debug mode
-----------------------------
To enable interactive debug mode simply comment out ``set debug = false`` in
the .ini file. This will trigger an interactive debugger each time
there is an error in the browser, or send a http link if an error occurred in the backend. This
is a great tool for fast debugging as you get a handy Python console right
in the web view.
.. warning:: NEVER ENABLE THIS ON PRODUCTION! The interactive console
can be a serious security threat to your system.
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