Re: syncrepl and subordinate databases

[Andreas Hasenack <ahasenack@terra.com.br>]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:05:52PM +0200, Raphaël 'SurcouF' Bordet wrote:
> Le vendredi 04 mai 2007 à 11:32 -0700, Howard Chu a écrit :
> > Raphaël 'SurcouF' Bordet wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > >  I'm using OpenLDAP 2.3.35 with a distributed architectures with many
> > > databases in the same naming context. I've designed a scheme of my
> > > architecture for easier understanding : 
> > > http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/693/architectureldapossaud3.png
> > 
> > There are a number of problems with syncprov and multiple glued remote 
> > databases in OpenLDAP 2.3. These have been resolved in OpenLDAP 2.4.
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I need a stable version of OpenLDAP, not a alpha stage.
> Can I have a patch with only syncprov and glue overlays corrected ?

I doubt this will be fixed for 2.3. You could wait for 2.4 to become
"stable" or change a bit your setup, as I did. Basically, don't rely on
glue for the replication: replicate each database on itw own. Use the
glue overlay just for client searches. For replication, pretend it's not
there.