Re: Will prldap_init() do any DNS query?

Rich Megginson <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:59:00 -0600

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On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Xu, Qiang
(FXSGSC)<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, all:
>
> I am just thinking of a question.
>
> If the first parameter to be passed into prldap_init() is a hostname, when will DNS resolve it to IP address? Will DNS query happens in ldap_simple_bind_s() in case of simple binding, and in ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_ext_s() in case of sasl binding, or it just happens in prldap_init()?

I think prldap_init doesn't actually do very much.  The usual LDAP
semantics are to wait until an actual network connection is required
before doing any network stuff, including DNS lookups.

>
> Thanks,
> Xu Qiang
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