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List:       openldap-technical
Subject:    Re: timeout and network-timeout values of zero for syncrepl in LAN replication
From:       Howard Chu <hyc () symas ! com>
Date:       2024-04-18 2:30:46
Message-ID: dc4f4c91-feac-5806-78a0-724e1227afcb () symas ! com
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Christopher Paul wrote:
> On 4/17/2024 11:24 PM, Howard Chu wrote:
> > timeout has nothing to do with the duration of an operation.
> 
> I'm confused then. Manual page ldap.conf(5) states:
> 
> TIMEOUT <integer>
> Specifies a timeout (in seconds) after which calls to synchronous LDAP APIs will abort if no response \
> is received.   Also used for any ldap_result(3) calls where a NULL timeout parameter is supplied.
> 
> The duration of an operation is the call to the LDAP API plus the time it takes for the \
> response/result, no? What am I missing here?

The manpage language is precise. Your paraphrase is not.

An LDAP operation may have more than one response. Search operations often do, extended ops may as well.
The timeout is waiting for any response, not just the operation result.

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  Director, Highland Sun     http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
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