Supported characters for LDAP attributes

Last Updated : Jun 05, 2026 |

For LDAP attributes, you can use the majority of special characters as is. The following are the exceptions:

  • The userid attribute does not support the following characters:

    • Colon (:)

    • Slash (/)

    • Left brace ({)

    • Right brace (})

  • The basectxdn, rolesctxdn, and role attributes do not support the comma (,).

If you want to use quotation marks (") or a backslash (\) in LDAP attributes, you must prepend these characters with a single backslash (\) character. For example, if you want to use the backslash\ value for the sAMAccountName attribute, you need to enter it as backslash\\.