Re: Bug In Slapd Error Handling (ITS#313)

[lars.uffmann@mediaways.net]

"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:
> 
> At 10:42 AM 9/29/99 GMT, lars.uffmann@mediaways.net wrote:
> >Full_Name: Lars Uffmann
> >Version: 1.2.6
> >OS: linux 2.2.10
> >URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> >Submission from: (NULL) (195.71.129.112)
> >
> >
> >In some situations it is possible that slapd will send LDAP_SUCCESS in response
> >to search requests even though an internal (ldbm) backend error occured.
> >The client will recive an empty search result with code LDAP_SUCCESS and has to
> >assume the entry(ies) in question doesn't exist.
> >
> >ldbm backend build with version 2.7.5 (04/18/99) of Sleepycat Software's
> >Berkeley DB.
> >
> >I am not able to reproduce this problem. My specific problem occured after
> >weeks of continous service.
> 
> The problem is that the some back-ldbm IDL routines
> have no mechanism to distingish no index from an error.
> This will require a bit of reworking of the internal
> interfaces, but should be done for both 2.0 and 1.2.x.
> I'll add it to the TODO list.

Can you give me some hints? I would like to work on this.

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