--- globus_gss_assist-3.5/gridmap.c.orig	2003-01-05 01:19:32.000000000 +0100
+++ globus_gss_assist-3.5/gridmap.c	2003-11-21 12:06:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -1082,6 +1082,9 @@
     globus_result_t                     result = GLOBUS_SUCCESS;
     static char *                       _function_name_ =
         "globus_i_gss_assist_gridmap_parse_globusid";
+
+    static char *                       hexdigit = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+
     GLOBUS_I_GSI_GSS_ASSIST_DEBUG_ENTER;
 
     /*
@@ -1146,7 +1149,7 @@
          * First, make sure we have enough room in our output buffer.
          */
 
-	if ((buffer_index + 1 /* for NUL */) >= buffer_len)
+	while ((buffer_index + 4) >= buffer_len)
 	{
 	    /* Grow buffer */
 	    char *tmp_buffer;
@@ -1169,8 +1172,18 @@
             
 	    buffer = tmp_buffer;
 	}
-        
-	buffer[buffer_index++] = unparsed_char;
+
+	if ((unparsed_char < ' ') || (unparsed_char > '~'))
+	{
+	    buffer[buffer_index++] = '\\';
+	    buffer[buffer_index++] = 'x';
+	    buffer[buffer_index++] = hexdigit[(unparsed_char >> 4) & 0x0f];
+	    buffer[buffer_index++] = hexdigit[unparsed_char & 0x0f];
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    buffer[buffer_index++] = unparsed_char;
+	}
 	buffer[buffer_index] = NUL;
 
 	escaped = 0;