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List:       pamldap
Subject:    Re: [pamldap] multiple hosts?
From:       Luke Howard <lukeh () PADL ! COM>
Date:       2000-10-27 22:52:46
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>It would appear that only one host can be listed in the `host'
>setting for ldap.conf.  Would it be possible to alter this so that
>it can accept a list of hosts, as is possible with the ldap_init
>system call?  

Should be possible:

# cat /etc/ldap.conf
host host1 host2 host3

>Actually, what would be really nice is if it cached the address of a
>server that wasn't responding so that subsequent lookups wouldn't
>attempt that sever.  Then after some configurable period of time,
>this cache entry would be wiped, allowing another attempt at using
>this server.

That would be good. Ordering servers on subnet proximity would
be good too.

-- Luke

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Luke Howard | lukeh@padl.com
PADL Software | www.padl.com

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