Re: fw: using the perl backend

Brett @Google wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Dieter Kluenter <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     > The 2.4.x series seems to require a perl backend to require knowledge of
>     syncrepl, even if it's pushing
>     > to a perl backend on another server via a "standalone ldap proxy".
> 
>     You don't need a perl-backend, just create a ldapclient with
>     Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest.
>     Unfortunately RefreshAndPersist doesn't do what ist should do, so only
>     RefreshOnly will work.
> 
> 
> Hmm.. so how do you set the rid in this case ?
> 
> If the inial value of the cookie is "" when creating
> Net::LDAP::Control::SyncRequest then the server must create the actual cookie
> value?
> 
> Also if using this approach, i presume the server will need to create a
> contextCSN, how does the perl client tell the ldap server the rid to use in
> the contextCSN ?
> 
> I can't see any mention of anything like a rid parameter on the perl client side.

providers don't care about RIDs. They are solely a convenience mechanism used
to give unique handles to each syncrepl config in a consumer.

CSNs do not contain RIDs.

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