--- auth_source_ldap.rb.orig    2010-09-13 14:31:38.000000000 +0000
+++ auth_source_ldap.rb 2010-09-13 14:24:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   
   def self.get_attr(entry, attr_name)
     if !attr_name.blank?
-      entry[attr_name].is_a?(Array) ? entry[attr_name].first : entry[attr_name]
+      ( entry[attr_name].is_a?(Array) ? entry[attr_name].first : entry[attr_name] ).force_encoding('UTF-8')
     end
   end
 end