lpdap rebind sleep

[Andrew Bartlett]

"Stefan (metze) Metzmacher" wrote:
> 
> At 00:56 25.10.2002 +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> >"Stefan (metze) Metzmacher" wrote:
> > >
> > > At 00:26 25.10.2002 +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > > >"Stefan (metze) Metzmacher" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Andrew,
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to add a new parameter 'ldap rebind timeout'
> > > > >
> > > > > I have problems when my samba adds a user following an update referral.
> > > > > samba tries to read the new entry to verify that it now exist. but the
> > > > > replication to the read-only server isn't so fast so the new
> > account can't
> > > > > be found. to avoid this I preferr a msleep(lp_ldap_rebind_timeout()),
> > > > > default 1500 = 1,5 s
> > > >
> > > >Hmm...  I really hope there is a more elegent way to deal with this...
> > >
> > > tell me one
> >
> >Well, it might be somthing we need to leave till the SAM,
> 
> No, if we support rebinding at all it must work in 3_0!
> 
> >  but why do we
> >re-read?
> 
> we didn't reread the entry directly

Actually, we do...  See the end of the createuser RPC.

>, but when we do a domain join from NT
> it add's the account and reread it to verify that it's successful added or
> whatever MS tries to there...
> 
> >  An arbitary sleep just seems like the wrong idea.  Or better
> >to sleep until our mirror catches up, not just 1.5 seconds.
> 
> hmm don't know... I know use the msleep(2000) in my servers.
> 
> good ideas are very wellcome here...

After an add, we could sit in a loop doing a 'get', until the response
appears.  (Sleep/retry loop).

Andrew Bartlett

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