Re: PageControl mode should not be affected by sizelimit (ITS#3367)

[alexandrelabiche@yahoo.com]

Thanks for your response,

Microsoft Active Directory react differently from
penLDAP . Active Directory  autorize to dump its whole
LDAP via Page Control Mode. So I Don't know which of
two has the right behavior.

Yes I use "sizelimit -1" for our production
Openldap(s).

Bye

--- ando@sys-net.it wrote:

> Let me add that if your want the default size limit
> to be different (e.g.
> higher than default) when the client is issuing the
> paged results control,
> this can be done (at the server side) by using
> appropriate "limits"
> directives.  See slapd.conf(5) for details.
> 
> p.
> 
> > First, I assume you are referring to the
> server-side administrative
> > size limit and not to the sizeLimit the client
> actually requested.
> >
> > The behavior of the OpenLDAP server is as
> intended.
> >
> > The purpose of the paged results control, as
> discussed in RFC 2696,
> > is to "allow the client to control the rate of
> which
> > the server returns results".  The purpose is not
> to enable
> > return of additional results.
> >
> > The purpose of the OpenLDAP sizelimit
> administrative control, as
> > discussed in the OpenLDAP documentation, is to
> limit the size of the
> > result set, regardless of wether the client
> obtains the set all
> > at once, or in pages.  That is, the client is not
> allowed to page
> > around the administrative limit.
> >
> > If the administrator wishes to allow clients to
> obtain larger
> > result sets, they should simply raise the limit.
> >
> > This report will be closed.
> >
> > Kurt
> >
> > At 08:25 AM 10/18/2004, alexandrelabiche@yahoo.com
> wrote:
> >>Full_Name: alexandre labiche
> >>Version: 2.2.17
> >>OS: linux
> >>URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> >>Submission from: (NULL) (217.77.224.129)
> >>
> >>
> >>Dear All,
> >>
> >>When I use perl-ldap or Java (with supplemental
> ldap Sun library) to
> >> retrieve
> >>full search via Page Control:  My  search  are
> always  limited  by
> >> implicit
> >>sizelimit (500).
> >>
> >>Is it normal ? For example I can retrieve  Full
> search (> 25000 people)
> >> on
> >>Active Directory (implicit size limit 1000) via 
> same perl script  (or
> >> java
> >>program) and using Page Control Mode
> >>
> >>
> >>Regards.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Pierangelo Masarati
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> 
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