Re: bug in meta backend

["Pierangelo Masarati" <ando@sys-net.it>]

>   Hello all,
>   I believe I have stumbled across a bug in the meta backend of
> openldap.    When searching for the same object twice while bound either
>  anonymously or with credentials the second search always returns
> "ldap_search: No such object".    This is specific to the meta backend
> as the regular ldap backend doesn't display this problem.
>
> Using 2 command line ldapsearch in sequence is fine:
> bind->search->unbind->bind->search->unbind:
>
> ldapsearch -h localhost -s base -b "ou=ca2,o=test org,c=ca"
> objectclass=* ; ldapsearch -h localhost -s base -b "ou=ca2,o=test
> org,c=ca" objectclass=*
>
> But using ldapsearch with the "-r 2" option returns the proper info for
> the first search but "no such object" for the second search:
> bind->search->search->unbind:

I don't find any "-r" option in OpenLDAP's ldapsearch.  However,
with -f back.meta actually shows the behavior you described.

>
> ldapsearch -r 2 -h localhost -s base -b "ou=ca2,o=test org,c=ca"
> objectclass=*
>
> I got the same result using the stock Solaris 2.8 ldapsearch which
> doesn't have the "-r" option but does have a "-f" option which allows
> input from a file for multiple searches.   I built openldap 2.1.12 on
> Solaris 2.8 and I have tried it on a couple of different systems.
>
> I am aware that binding and searching for the exact same thing twice is
> a silly and inefficient thing to do but I have no control over the
> client code that is exhibiting this behavior.   The meta function of
> openldap is a perfect solution to a problem that a vendor won't deal
> with but this little bug prevents it from working completely.
>
> Please advise if I should add this bug to the Issue Tracking System on
> www.openldap.com.

Please do file an ITS.  I'll take care of it ASAP.

Pierangelo.

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Pierangelo Masarati
mailto:pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it