Re: slapd-ldap 2.2.18

[Dusty Doris <openldap@mail.doris.cc>]

> Dieter Kluenter wrote:
>
>  >Dusty Doris <openldap@mail.doris.cc> writes:
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >>>Dusty Doris <openldap@mail.doris.cc> writes:
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>>I am using openldap 2.2.18 with slapd-ldap backend and trying to figure
>  >>>>out how to supply two ldap servers to use.  Can anyone help with the
>  >>>>correct syntax in the config file?
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>>in my slapd.conf file I have
>  >>>>
>  >>>>uri             "ldap://172.20.1.92:389/ ldap://172.20.1.249:389";
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>uri "ldap://172.20.1.92:389 ldap://172.20.1.249:389";
>  >>>
>  >>>-Dieter
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>Thanks for the response.
>  >>
>  >>I tried that way, it gives me this error instead.
>  >>
>  >>line 24 (uri    "ldap://172.20.1.92:389 ldap://172.20.1.249:389";)
>  >>ldap_url_parse_ext(ldap://172.20.1.92:389 ldap://172.20.1.249:389)
>  >>/usr/local/etc/openldap/slapd.conf: line 24: unable to parse uri
>  >>"ldap://172.20.1.92:389 ldap://172.20.1.249:389"; in "uri <uri>" line
>  >>
>  >>
>  >
>  >I remember that in earlier versions of back-ldap one only could define
>  >a single host and only back-meta allowed multiple hosts as value to
>  >the uri statement. So there might be an erroneous entry in man
>  >slapd-ldap(5).
>  >
>  >
> The error is in the code, not in the man; not even in the __real__ code,
> but in a malformed check at ldap_back_db_config().  This was fixed long
> ago in HEAD and apparently never backported, or the backport was lost at
> some point.  I suggest the initial (working) syntax is used, and the
> (erroneous) warning ignored.  I'm preparing a (trivial) patch for 2.2.18.
>
> p.
>

Thanks for looking into it, I filed the ITS report per your request in the
last email.

http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Incoming?id=3399;expression=back-ldap

-Dusty Doris