Re: slapd-ldap and backend errors

["Pierangelo Masarati" <masarati@aero.polimi.it>]

> While setting up and testing new 2.4 infra (2.4.33), I've come across
> the situation where the proxy (slapd-ldap) doesn't pass LDAP_UNAVAILABLE
> back to the client when the backend slapd goes away.  Is this behavior
> configurable on the proxy, something along the lines of
> chain-return-error?

It is not configurable, AFAIR.  It's by design, as the proxy struggles to
return as much information as possible while hiding problems at the remote
host side.  However I understand in some cases it might be preferable to
behave differently; something along the lines of the "onerr" directive for
slapd-meta(5).  I suggest you file an ITS <http://www.openldap.org/its>.

p.

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Pierangelo Masarati
Associate Professor
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale
Politecnico di Milano