Finding a provider to write to

[Jaap Winius <jwinius@umrk.nl>]

Hi all,

Although I've figured out the basics of synchronization between  
providers and consumers, I'm not yet clear about one aspect from the  
client's perspective.

In particular, if you've set up an LDAP consumer server with a  
synchronized, read-only copy of the DIT to service a particular group  
of clients, and you've configured those clients* to use that consumer  
server for all of their directory queries, how do those clients know  
where to find the correct provider in case it becomes necessary for  
them to write to the DIT (e.g. to change a password)?

Thanks,

Jaap

*) With the URI option in /etc/ldap/ldap.conf