python-ldap and updateref

[Jens Vagelpohl]

michael,

i know for a fact that the referral is not handled internally, the 
entry on the master never gets changed. at this point i am not entirely 
sure if my slave is indeed configured correctly.

i did read in some unrelated documentation that how the referral is 
handled differs based on the type of authentication you use. at this 
moment i am using a simple bind.

jens

P.S.: frohe weihnachten ;)



On Tuesday, Dec 24, 2002, at 10:11 US/Eastern, Michael Ströder wrote:

> Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>> i have done some testing by setting up a master and slave and using 
>> the "updateref" directive in the slave's slapd.conf. according to the 
>> OpenLDAP documentation that should cause the slave to hand back the 
>> URI designated in the updateref directive if someone attempts a >> write.
>> [..]
>> conn.set_option(ldap.OPT_DEREF, ldap.DEREF_ALWAYS)
>
> This option is for setting alias dereferencing which is something 
> different.
>
>> but this does not seem to make a change.
>
> Maybe the OpenLDAP lib handles the referral internally and already 
> changes the entry on your master?
>
> If you don't want to let the OpenLDAP lib handle the referral you have 
> to use:
>
> conn.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS,0)
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>