RE: timeout for ldap_unbind()

["David Nelson" <dnelson@apexvoice.com>]

Whoops, I forgot to mention that I'm working with version 1.2.11.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of David Nelson
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 9:26 AM
> To: OpenLDAP Software
> Subject: timeout for ldap_unbind()
>
>
> Newbie question here:
>
> After several days of scouring the newsgroups, LDAP documentation
> and source
> code I'm hoping someone on this distribution will be able to answer my
> question.
>
> I've been trying to figure out how to set a client-side timeout for
> ldap_unbind().  The session option, LDAP_OPT_TIMELIMIT, seems to
> only refer
> to searches, that is, if you can believe what you read, and is server-side
> anyway.
>
> For instance, when using ldap_bind(), you can pass a timeout in the
> parameters of ldap_result().  I've looked in the code and
> ldap_unbind() and
> ldap_unbind_s() are basically, the same function.  Neither
> returns the LDAP
> message id required by ldap_result().
>
> Can this be done?  Can someone point be towards a solution?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Nelson
>
>