back-ldap: proxying legacy apps to legacy or V3 servers

["Randall S. Winchester" <rsw@sendmail.com>]

I would like to use back-ldap as a proxy from an application that is
compiled against openldap-1.x. I would like to support backend LDAP
servers that are either openldap-1.x for newer LDAP-V3. The
authentication may be either simple or one of the various SASL or
other LDAP-V3 methods of authentication.

While I can use "ldapsearch -x -h remotehost" to get legacy behaviour,
I do not see that there is a way to do the same with back-ldap.

i.e. when I try "ldapsearch -x -h 127.0.0.1" I always get failures,
with or without SASL support compiled in.

It looks like it needs some of the same "connection/security" options
as "replica" support in the slapd.conf file.

I want the "localhost LDAP applications" to always talk via simple
auth to the "localhost LDAP proxy". It should then be up to the
slapd.conf file to tell OpenLDAP/back-ldap how to comunicate with the
remote LDAP server. Eventially (next release...) I would like the
"locahost LDAP applications" to use ldapi:// vis simple auth as well,
but still with the OpenLDAP back-ldap proxy as the "mediator" to the
remote LDAP servers.

Am I missing something? I can not find anyway to change what it thinks
it is doing...

The same would apply to back-meta of course, but I can get by with
back-ldap untill back-meta gets released.

Thank you,
Randall