Re: Timeout doesn't work (ITS#983)

[Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

At 08:15 PM 1/23/01 +0000, raldi@research.netsol.com wrote:
>> The ldapsearch(1) tools only support LDAP search timelimits
>> not API timeouts.
>
>If you'd like to add that support, here's a start. The select() calls
>during a bind still can't be given timeouts, since that would require an
>API change. But this at least takes care of searches. (i.e. my problem)

Unless the IETF determines how best to resolve the general
timelimit vs timeout issues within the API draft spec, I
rather not add any timeout support to the tools.