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Re: (ITS#6618) Add support for unbind requests in perl backend



On Aug 11, 2010, at 8:29 AM, masarati@aero.polimi.it wrote:

>> Full_Name: Gareth Palmer
>> Version: CVS HEAD
>> OS: Ubuntu 9.04
>> URL:
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http://www.acsdata.co.nz/patches/openldap-back_perl-unbind-100811.patch
>> Submission from: (NULL) (202.21.137.14)
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>> Hello,
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>> This patch adds support for passing through unbind requests to the
>> underlying
>> module when using the perl backend.
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> In this patch, the unbind operation is bypassed if requested by the
> rootdn.  You seem to consider "unbind" as the opposite of "bind", =
while it
> is a request to shutdown a connection between client and server.  As =
such,
> it should be honored also when the connection is bound as the rootdn.

More to the point, backends should not be dependent on close (nor open) =
connection events.  Hence this patch ought to be rejected.

-- Kurt=