Re: failover timeout.

[suomi hasler <schlubediwup@ayni.com>]

hi Pierre-Yves,
i have had the same "problem" i.e. pam-ldap on two replicated (via 
slurpd) servers:
i created a "virtual" host in the dns containing both IP addresses of 
the two ldap servers.  with the new dns protocols you will have a 
DNS-round-robin for the two ldap servers.
then a shut one down ldap-serve  and the pam-ldap service just continued 
from the other part of this virtual dns host.
it may depend on which version of bind you have on your dns for the 
DNS-round-robin to take effect. I have version 9.1.x installed.  so be 
warned, test the behaviour before making it active.

suomi


pierre-yves.verdon wrote:

> hi,
>
> i'm planning to install a slave with my master ldap server. They are used for 
> authentication purpose.
> The ldap.conf on a client will include the master and the slave server.
> If the master is down, how many time did the client wait before asking the 
> slave server? where could i change this timeout?
>
> thanks,
>
>