Re: slapd-ldap and backend errors

[John Madden <jmadden@ivytech.edu>]

> > 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>.

Hmm, I'll look into both paths (slapd-meta may suffice), thanks.

John




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