[Kolab-devel] idletimeout in slapd.conf

[Bernhard Reiter]

Am Dienstag, 16. August 2005 23:46 schrieb Andreas Hasenack:
> I'm having a problem related to the low idletimeout set in slapd.conf
> (openldap).
>
> Actually, the problem lies at the client (apache's mod_auth_ldap
> module), but I discovered it due to the idletimeout.
>
> By default, the apache module is using persistent connections. It
> doesn't, however, deal gracefully when the connection is dropped by the
> server, either when idletimeout is hit or the ldap server is just
> restarted.
>
> Increasing the idletimeout makes this better, but is no fix. Adding
> "LDAP_Persistent_G off" to the apache conf fixes it at the expense of an
> increased load on the ldap server.
>
> So, I was just wondering if somebody else saw this ;)
> I guess I'll try to patch the apache module to behave better.

I haven't seen it so far.
What are the symtoms I would see, if I hit that issue?
If you believe this is going to be a general issue, 
you could file a bug report.