Re: NEW: chasing referrals

[Graham B. <gb...@po...>]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 05:53:01PM +0100, Chris Ridd wrote:
> Graham Barr <gb...@po...> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 05:38:41PM +0100, Chris Ridd wrote:
> > 
> >> >> So what's the difference between reference and referral?
> >> > 
> >> > A referral is returned when the *entire* operation must be resent to
> >> > another server.
> >> > 
> >> > A continuation reference is returned when *part* of the operation must
> >> > be resent to another server.
> >> 
> >> See RFC 2251 section 4.5.3 for more details.
> > 
> > Should this be added to the FAQ ?
> > 
> > Graham.
> 
> Either the FAQ or the man pages, IMO.

Yes. I think it probably would be better in the docs. I will add it, unless
someone beats me to it and sends a patch :)

Graham.