4 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_match.c b/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_match.c
index 7573cfc808..84f051f497 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_match.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_match.c
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ static int ldb_match_present(struct ldb_context *ldb,
 			    struct ldb_parse_tree *tree,
 			    enum ldb_scope scope)
 {
-
-	if (ldb_attr_cmp(tree->u.present.attr, "distinguishedName") == 0) {
+	if (ldb_attr_dn(tree->u.present.attr) == 0) {
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -151,8 +150,7 @@ static int ldb_match_equality(struct ldb_context *ldb,
 	struct ldb_dn *valuedn;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (ldb_attr_cmp(tree->u.equality.attr, "dn") == 0 ||
-	    ldb_attr_cmp(tree->u.equality.attr, "distinguishedName") == 0) {
+	if (ldb_attr_dn(tree->u.equality.attr) == 0) {
 		valuedn = ldb_dn_explode_casefold(ldb, 
 						  (char *)tree->u.equality.value.data);
 		if (valuedn == NULL) {
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_utf8.c b/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_utf8.c
index 61334bce09..a0aad12658 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_utf8.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_utf8.c
@@ -80,3 +80,15 @@ int ldb_attr_cmp(const char *attr1, const char *attr2)
 {
 	return ldb_caseless_cmp(attr1, attr2);
 }
+
+/*
+  we accept either 'dn' or 'distinguishedName' for a distinguishedName
+*/
+int ldb_attr_dn(const char *attr)
+{
+	if (ldb_attr_cmp(attr, "dn") == 0 ||
+	    ldb_attr_cmp(attr, "distinguishedName") == 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/include/ldb.h b/source4/lib/ldb/include/ldb.h
index c26229678e..c4f877cf5f 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/include/ldb.h
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/include/ldb.h
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ struct ldb_dn_component *ldb_dn_get_rdn(void *mem_ctx, const struct ldb_dn *dn);
 
 /* useful functions for ldb_message structure manipulation */
 int ldb_dn_cmp(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *dn1, const char *dn2);
-int ldb_attr_cmp(const char *dn1, const char *dn2);
+int ldb_attr_cmp(const char *attr1, const char *attr2);
+int ldb_attr_dn(const char *attr);
 char *ldb_dn_escape_value(void *mem_ctx, struct ldb_val value);
 
 /* create an empty message */
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_index.c b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_index.c
index 093b0dab1d..de9665cb4d 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_index.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_index.c
@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ static int ltdb_index_dn_leaf(struct ldb_module *module,
 	if (ldb_attr_cmp(tree->u.equality.attr, LTDB_OBJECTCLASS) == 0) {
 		return ltdb_index_dn_objectclass(module, tree, index_list, list);
 	}
-	if (ldb_attr_cmp(tree->u.equality.attr, "distinguishedName") == 0 ||
-	    ldb_attr_cmp(tree->u.equality.attr, "dn") == 0) {
+	if (ldb_attr_dn(tree->u.equality.attr) == 0) {
 		list->dn = talloc_array(list, char *, 1);
 		if (list->dn == NULL) {
 			ldb_oom(module->ldb);