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| -rw-r--r-- | ipalib/cli.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ipalib/cli.py b/ipalib/cli.py index 3592d3b61..3692e4e53 100644 --- a/ipalib/cli.py +++ b/ipalib/cli.py @@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ class textui(backend.Backend): def encode_binary(self, value): """ Convert a binary value to base64. We know a value is binary - if it is a python str type, otherwise it is a plain string. + if it is a python bytes type, otherwise it is a plain string. + This function also converts datetime and DNSName values to string. """ if type(value) is bytes: - return base64.b64encode(value) + return base64.b64encode(value).decode('ascii') elif type(value) is datetime.datetime: return value.strftime(LDAP_GENERALIZED_TIME_FORMAT) elif isinstance(value, DNSName): |