diff --git a/root/etc/logrotate.d/ldap b/root/etc/logrotate.d/ldap
index cc4b31f..70315fb 100644
--- a/root/etc/logrotate.d/ldap
+++ b/root/etc/logrotate.d/ldap
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 	sharedscripts
 	postrotate
 		# OpenLDAP logs via syslog, restart syslog if running
-		/bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
+		/usr/bin/systemctl -s HUP kill rsyslog.service  2> /dev/null || true
 	endscript
 }
diff --git a/root/sbin/e-smith/ldif-fix b/root/sbin/e-smith/ldif-fix
index 72da602..8392206 100644
--- a/root/sbin/e-smith/ldif-fix
+++ b/root/sbin/e-smith/ldif-fix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use Date::Parse;
 use esmith::ConfigDB;
 use esmith::AccountsDB;
 use esmith::util;
+use utf8;
+use esmith::util::ldap;
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config bundling);
 
 $ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin';
@@ -97,8 +99,8 @@ foreach my $acct ($a->get('admin'), $a->users, $a->groups, $a->ibays, $a->get_al
             push @{$data->{$dn}->{objectclass}}, 'inetOrgPerson';
             $data->{$dn}->{mail} = "$key\@$domain";
             @{$data->{$dn}}{qw/givenname sn telephonenumber o ou l street/} =
-                map { $acct->prop($_) || [] } qw/FirstName LastName Phone Company Dept City Street/;
-            $data->{$dn}->{cn} = $acct->prop('FirstName').' '.$acct->prop('LastName');
+                map { stringToASCII($acct->prop($_)) || [] } qw/FirstName LastName Phone Company Dept City Street/;
+            $data->{$dn}->{cn} = stringToASCII($acct->prop('FirstName').' '.$acct->prop('LastName'));
         }
         else {
             push @{$data->{$dn}->{objectclass}}, 'account';
diff --git a/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/ldap.service b/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/ldap.service
index e971604..130a3ae 100644
--- a/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/ldap.service
+++ b/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/ldap.service
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TimeoutStartSec=300
 Restart=always
 
 ExecStopPost=/sbin/e-smith/systemd/ldap-finish
+SyslogIdentifier=ldap
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=sme-server.target
diff --git a/smeserver-ldap.spec b/smeserver-ldap.spec
index f326bbc..3952b2a 100644
--- a/smeserver-ldap.spec
+++ b/smeserver-ldap.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Summary: smeserver server and gateway - LDAP module
 %define name smeserver-ldap
 Name: %{name}
 %define version 11.0.0
-%define release 7
+%define release 8
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 License: GPL
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 BuildArchitectures: noarch
 Requires: smeserver-base
-Requires: smeserver-lib >= 1.15.1-16
+Requires: smeserver-lib >= 11.0.0-7 
 Requires: openldap >= 2.0.0
 Requires: openldap-clients
 Requires: openldap-servers
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Provides: e-smith-ldap
 smeserver server and gateway software - LDAP module.
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 13 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-8.sme
+- ldif-fix filter string accepting only ascii [SME: 12720]
+- fix logrotate does not fill new log [SME: 12673]
+- fix prestart script logs to messages [SME: 12693]
+
 * Wed Apr 17 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-7.sme
 - fix ldap.init fails as starts before samba [SME: 12570]