Re: (ITS#4783) ldap_sasl_bind() is not asynchronous

[ando@sys-net.it]

fcusack@fcusack.com wrote:
> On December 19, 2006 7:04:15 PM -0800 "Kurt D. Zeilenga" 
> <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org> wrote:
>   
>> At 05:32 PM 12/19/2006, fcusack@fcusack.com wrote:
>>     
>>> Full_Name: Frank Cusack
>>> Version: 2.3.27
>>> OS: any
>>> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
>>> Submission from: (NULL) (209.76.127.62)
>>>
>>> connect() is always done synchronously.  Any idea when this will be
>>> fixed?
>>>       
>> It's actually not considered a bug.  ldap_sasl_bind(3) is async
>> in doesn't wait for the LDAP response.  There is no LDAP restart
>> API, as would be needed if the API didn't block on various
>> system calls.
>>     
>
> Why is that required here?
>
>   ldap_sasl_bind()
>   ldap_result()
>   if (timeout) {
>     ldap_abandon()
>     if (just_return_on_error) {
>       return error
>     } else {
>       do_something_else
>     }
>   }
>
> To restart a bind, just abandon and bind again.
>   
There was a discussion recently on the subject (look in hte ITS).  A 
bind cannot be abandoned as per RFC 4511-19; you need to ldap_unbind_ext 
and recreate a fresh connection.
> I am not all that familiar with the LDAP API, so forgive me if I'm
> way off base here.
>   
p.




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