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Re: replication

To: Terry Lambert <terry@whistle.com>
Subject: Re: replication
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:02:50 -0700
Cc: "Trapp, Michael" <michael.trapp@sap.com>, openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: <3999813A.8332532D@whistle.com>
References: <C59F2D5004BDD311BEC500508B6FF2AD4B1D62@dewdfx16>

At 10:43 AM 8/15/00 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
>Trapp, Michael wrote:
>> has anybody tested the server replication in both directions?
>> as far as i can see the replication from master to slave
>> works pretty well, but if a client requests a change on the
>> slave side i can't get the data updated on the master...

A little additional info:

>Mututal replication is not supported by LDAP.

Also known as multiple master or multi-master.

>It is similar to DNS or NIS in this way.
>
>There is some work going on in the IETF LDAPEXT working
>group to address this, but software has not shipped yet.

That would IETF LDAP Duplication/Replication/Update Protocols (LDUP)
WG, not LDAP Extension (LDAPext) WG.   For more info:
  http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ldup-charter.html
  http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ldapext-charter.html

References:
- replication
  - From: "Trapp, Michael" <michael.trapp@sap.com>
- Re: replication
  - From: Terry Lambert <terry@whistle.com>

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