RE: Back-META and LDAP v2

["Jason Armbruster" <Jason.Armbruster@cusys.edu>]

Thanks...this helps a lot.  I seem to be getting results by forcing the original search to be LDAP v2. 

Jason


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierangelo Masarati [mailto:ando@sys-net.it]
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:40 AM
> To: Jason Armbruster
> Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Re: Back-META and LDAP v2
> 
> 
> 
> > No; I was thinking about adding this possibility (it's a 
> "one-line fix"
> > (TM) or so), but then LDAPv2 is considered historic or so, 
> it wouldn't
> > be worth it.
> 
> let me work a little more on this: currently, back-meta
> (as well as back-ldap) try to connect with the same protocol
> version used by the client; if we downgrade a LDAPv3 connection
> to LDAPv2, it is likely that the operation cannot be accomplished
> because the LDAPv2 server is not able to interpret it anyway.
> 
> So the right way of dealing with your case is to issue LDAPv2
> requests from the beginning.
> 
> p.
> 
> -- 
> Pierangelo Masarati
> mailto:pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it
> 
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>