Re: web2ldap with patched python-ldap

[Michael <mi...@st...>]

Konstantin Chuguev wrote:
> 
> > > The only problem is, if the search done in w2lsearch.py returns 
> > > both
> > > normal entries and referral(s), an exception will be raised in 
> > > the end,
> > > passing the control to w2lreferral.py, and the list of normal 
> > > values will
> > > be lost. Perhaps you should handle except ldap.PARTIAL_RESULTS in
> > > w2lsearch.py itself?
> >
> > Hmm, I think if doing a search with scope one/sub and a search
> > continuation is received together with normal search results
> > l_ldap_result() should return a different result type instead of
> > raising ldap.PARTIAL_RESULTS. I could then gracefully handle the
> > search continuation in the while loop. Do you think this could be
> > done based on the OpenLDAP 1.2.x libs?
> >
> 
> For a one-level search (browsing mode), it would be nice if entries referenced
> by referrals and thus held on other servers were shown almost like local
> entries in the list

I tried this with the new patch.

Unfortunately if a referral (search continuation) during one level
search raises an exception there will no results returned
afterwards. The next call of result() method (ldap_result() function
of C API) blocks. Also the exception object does neither contain the
full LDAP URL or the DN of the referral entry.

=> there's currently no way to retrieve search continuations and
normal search results together without modifying python-ldap.

Ciao, Michael.