Re: (ITS#3537) Proxy cache overlay problem.

[hyc@symas.com]

andrisp@hipo.lv wrote:

>Full_Name: Andris Peize
>Version: 2.2.18-2.2.23
>OS: FreeBSD 4.8-5.3
>URL: 
>Submission from: (NULL) (159.148.130.2)
>
>
>The problem is that proxy cache becomes useless when the connection with its
>master directory is reset, and it never comes back working.
>
>To repeat: set up two OpenLDAP servers, one as proxy cache for another.
>Populate with some information.
>Now do a request to proxy, so it connects to master.
>Now reset the tcp connection between them while not restarting either, like some
>firewalls do, with reset tcp packet.
>>From now on proxy cache will respond with "52 Server is unavailable" for any
>following request.
>  
>
The same situation occurs just by stopping and restarting the master 
server. The issue is with back-ldap, and is totally independent of the 
proxy cache. A fix for the search operation is now in CVS HEAD. A 
similar fix will be needed for the rest of the operations.

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