[nssldap] client timeout

[Eric Ritchie <eritchie [at] interactivebrokers.com>]

I'm having an issue with client response when a server fails. This may 
be the same issue discussed in the thread "No timeout for nss ldap". I 
have 3 servers running openldap 2.3.39. I have several Redhat 4 clients. 
I configured the uri line with the 3 servers on each client:
uri ldap://1.2.3.4 ldap://1.2.3.5 ldap://1.2.3.6

If I go to the first ldap server and stop slapd, there is no noticeable 
effect on the clients. If I shut down the server, or disable the 
network, the clients will hang. I have experimented with bind_timelimit 
and bind_policy. Changing the bind_policy did not seem to have any 
effect. Setting the bind_timelimit to 1 and running nscd seem to help 
clients the most. Is there any way I can configure the clients to better 
handle an LDAP server shutdown?

Thanks

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Eric Ritchie