Re: When should backends send results?

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
> With back-relay to back-ldif/back-null, Password Modify fails with
> "operation not supported within naming context".  However it works
> with back-ldif without back-relay, and with back-relay to back-bdb.
>
> The difference is that back-relay:relay_back_op_extended() does
> 	send_ldap_error( op, rs, LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM,
> 			"operation not supported within naming context" );
> 	return 1;
> while back-bdb:bdb_extended() does
> 	rs->sr_text = "not supported within naming context";
> 	return LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM;
> and back-ldif/back-null have no be_extended.
>
> It works with back-relay if I change relay_back_op_extended() to do the
> same as back-bdb.

back-relay is wrong. exop handlers can only return a result code, the frontend 
sends the result to the client.

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