Re: replication factored out of slapd

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
> > I'm missing something, why does the consumer need to be a global overlay?
> >     
>
> I did it that way because the consistency checks that the frontend
> applies (have to) occur before database selection and be_<write>()
> invocation.  So a global overlay seemed to be the best place to
> determine if a write can take place or not.  This, of course, results in
> a duplicated database selection.
>   

OK, I see. This feels like we need a new hook right after backend 
selection. backend_check_restrictions() might be a better way to 
implement this, to alter the slap_no_user_mods checks etc.

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