Re: ldapmodify failing with large attribute

[Geoff Swan <gswan3@bigpond.net.au>]

Thanks Michael, that was quick and on the money.
I missed that line in slapd.conf.

cheers,
Geoff


On 15/12/2015 9:41 PM, Michael Ströder wrote:
> Geoff Swan wrote:
>> I have a problem appearing where a large (16.6MB approx) value is to be
>> saved to an attribute (certificateRevocationList).
>> Prior to the value being this large, ldapmodify had no problems updating
>> it. However it appears to have crossed some magic threshold where it
>> will no longer be accepted, and aborts with: ldap_modify: Can't contact
>> LDAP server (-1)
> See slapd.conf(5):
>
>     sockbuf_max_incoming <integer>
>         Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for
>         anonymous sessions.  The default is 262143.
>
>     sockbuf_max_incoming_auth <integer>
>         Specify the maximum incoming LDAP PDU size for authenticated sessions.
>         The default is 4194303.
>
> You probably want to increase sockbuf_max_incoming_auth to meet your needs.
>
> Ciao, Michael.
>