RE: ldap libraries and network timeouts

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Dave Snoopy

> My ldap client tool failed to timeout when trying to
> connect to a hung LDAP server, even though I've set a
> network timeout of 5 seconds using all of these
> options:
>
> LDAP_OPT_TIMEOUT
> LDAP_OPT_TIMELIMIT
> LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT
>
> Searching through the LDAP code revealed that these
> properties are not used after they are set (at least
> not on the client side). Is this a correct analysis?

Not entirely. The OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT is used when establishing a connection.
I've never seen what the OPT_TIMEOUT was intended for, it does appear to be
totally unused.

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