Re: ITS#5724 (Re: commit: ldap/servers/slapd backover.c)

[hyc@symas.com]

ando@sys-net.it wrote:
> ando@OpenLDAP.org wrote:
>
>> Log Message:
>> open database using the real structure (partial fix to ITS#5724)
>
> We need a virtual database to inherit controls from the real database.
> Sharing the array of known controls could be a solution, but it wouldn't
> allow the virtual database to have specific controls, e.g. registered by
> an overlay.  A solution would be to let the real database know it's
> related to virtual ones, so that modifications to the real database via
> back-config can be propagated to the virtual ones.  This, of course,
> poses the problem that if a virtual database is deleted, any reference
> to it must be removed from the list of related databases.  I wonder if
> all of this is worth the effort of exposing real controls by the virtual
> database.

Since a single relay database may be configured to multiplex to many other 
databases, and they may not all support the same set of controls, this seems 
to be an exercise in futility. I guess it may be OK to just advertise a union 
of all the real database controls, and perform an extra restriction check 
before handing off processing.

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