Connecting to a secondary ldap server (slave) if the primary (master) is down

[Eric P. <li...@gl...>]

Hello,

    I'd like to know if it's possible to use more than one LDAP
server, in other words, to connect to the slave ldap server if the
master is down.

And if so, how would I implement such a thing?  Just test the
connection to the first (maybe set a timeout value that's not too
high), and if it fails to connect, try the 2nd?
Or is there an easier way to do it?  All the other methods I've used
of connecting to an LDAP server allowed me to just specify multiple
ldap servers, seperated by a space...

Thanks in advance,

Eric Parusel
Systems Administrator
Global Relay Communications