Re: Syncrepl: 3 simple questions

Hi!

> web2ldap

Never seen that one before, thanks. So far we have been using either
phpldapadmin (for web) or GQ LDAP client (desktop).

> - no activation of syncprov overlay

We found out already that it's "available", see below.

So is there a difference between "it's available", "it's loaded" and
"it's actually active"?

Regards,
Torsten

Dieter Kluenter schrieb:
> Hi Torsten,
> 
> "Torsten Schlabach (Tascel eG)" <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> Hi Dieter!
>>
>> v014ldap:/# ldapsearch -x -D 'cn=admin,dc=nodomain' -w XXXX -b "" -s
>> base supportedControl | egrep "1.9.1.1"
>> supportedControl: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.9.1.1
>> v014ldap:/# ldapsearch -x -D 'cn=admin,cn=config' -w XXXXXX -b "" -s
>> base supportedControl | egrep "1.9.1.1"
>> supportedControl: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.9.1.1
>>
>> Looks good, doesn't it?
> 
> Yes.
>> I am at 2.4.11.
>>
>> I know, I should upgrade to 2.4.19.
> 
> I am not commenting on this.
>> I am currently trying to do that. But I cannot find any .deb (Debian /
>> Ubuntu) package for 2.4.19. There is some stuff for 2.4.17 or so in
>> Debian testing, but I guess you want me to use the really latest stuff.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I am struggling for 1/2 day today with getting the 2.4.19
>> package compiled.
>>
>> Just because I am courious:
>>
>> a) What does that supportedControl atrribute mean? (I guess it means
>> syncprov available, doesn'it ?)
> 
> Yes.
>> b) I am sure there are tons more of those diagnostic attributes like
>> this one. I know for example that I can ask for SASL mechanisms
>> supported, etc. Are those options documented anywhere?
> 
> All controls and extended operations are documented in their relevant
> RFC, for syncprov this is RFC 4533. I am not aware of a digest of all
> relevant OID's. But Michael Stroeder has undergone the work to add a
> description to all OID's, so web2ldap displays the description of the
> presented OID's.
> 
> Back to your problem. The only other reasons could be
> - access control
> - wrong search base in search string
> - no activation of syncprov overlay
> 
> 
> -Dieter 
>