Re: syncrepl issue

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Oliver Henriot wrote:
> Dans sa grande sagesse, Michael Ströder a écrit, le 30.03.2009 16:55 :
>> Oliver Henriot wrote:
>>> Dear Michael and list users,
>>>
>>> Dans sa grande sagesse, Michael Ströder a écrit, le 30.03.2009 15:43 :
>>>> Oliver Henriot wrote:
>>>>> I have a master openldap 2.3 server which is replicated via syncrepl on
>>>>> half a dozen other servers (2.3 too).
>>>> Please tell us the exact version.
>>> 2.3.27-8 on Centos5.2
>> Note that the latest release in the 2.3 series was 2.3.43.
> 
>> CHANGES in CVS branch OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_3 even mentions "2.3.44
>> Engineering" with a fix. If you go through CHANGES you will see many
>> syncrepl-related fixes mentioned after 2.3.27. So you definitely should
>> use a more recent version. (Yes, we all know the arguments for using the
>> distro packages. This has been discussed before...)
> 
> OK, I'll consider that path. Thanks for the advice.

While you're at it you might want to consider upgrading to 2.4.x. The
upcoming 2.4.16 will also contain many important fixes.

But first you should seriously consider how to re-engineer the password
sync. IMO that can't be too hard.

Ciao, Michael.