(ITS#3616) Syncrepl and rootless installations

[rob@dsvr.net]

Full_Name: Rob Fielding
Version: 2.3.2
OS: Linux RHEL3/4/FC3
URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
Submission from: (NULL) (62.69.64.93)


Consider a sitation (organisational migration) where it is useful to maintain
multiple trees within a single OpenLDAP instance:

slapd.conf:

database    bdb
suffix      ""
rootdn      "cn=root"
rootpw      foobar

this allows multiple trees:

o=foo
o=bar
o=baz

When used with syncrepl, initial contextCSN descovery for the provider does not
happen.

Additionally, when configured in the consumer:

database    bdb
suffix      ""
rootdn      "cn=root"
rootpw      foobar
syncrepl rid=1
                provider=ldap://<IP>
                type=refreshAndPersist
                searchbase=""
                filter="(objectclass=*)"
                scope=sub
                attrs=""
                schemachecking=off
                bindmethod=simple
                binddn="cn=root"
                credentials=foobar
                retry=5,+

Even attempting to specify an appropriate searchbase (o=foo) for each othe the
trees installed within the provider does not provide a working syncrepl.

Specifying a specific root for provider, consumer and searchbase results in
functional syncrepl.

This ITS issue has been raised to formally mark the following mailling list
discussion:

http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200503/msg00800.html