Re: [Hastymail-devel] ldap_connect problem (ldap_addressbook plugin)

[Jason M. <ja...@ha...>]

On Thu, 5 May 2011 13:46:47 -0500 Jesse Thompson <jes...@do...>
wrote

> It seems that ldap_connect doesn't work as advertised.  Even though the
> documentation says that ldap_connect does not actually initiate the
> connection; it does, at least on my platform.  So, this means that
> ldap_set_option($ld, LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT, 1); doesn't actually help
> the situation where the interface you are trying to connect to is
> dropping packets (e.g. it is blocked by a firewall).
>
> Attached is a quick hack to check to see if we can get to the port, with
> a very short timeout.
>
> Is there a better way to accomplish this, or is this just a fundamental
> problem with ldap_connect?
>
> Jesse

Looks like a change of behavior depending on the open ldap version you are
using. From the PHP ldap_connect page:

  "When OpenLDAP 2.x.x is used, ldap_connect() will always return a resource as
   it does not actually connect but just initializes the connecting parameters"

So in this case you must be using something other than openldap 2.x.x .. ?

The patch does not hurt anything for sites that are running openldap 2.x.x so I
applied it to SVN rev 1859.

Thanks!

Jason Munro
ja...@ha...
http://www.hastymail.org


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