On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 03:56:12PM +0200, Arthur de Jong wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 12:05 +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > Currenlt nscld is set to start by default at level 20, which is the same
> > level as exim. exim coming first becuase of alphabet.  This mean for a
> > period of time no ldap users are valid with regards to exim. I have seen
> > bounced emails because of this.
> > 
> > I was going to suggest 19 but it seems like slapd starts there and I
> > would like to give slapd a chance to start before nscld starts because
> > by backup (alternative URI's) are on a different site
> 
> Starting nslcd before slapd can be done but is generally not a good idea
> because it will slow down the boot process due to problems connecting to
> the LDAP server. If nslcd knows that the LDAP server is down this could
> also cause problems for subsequent lookups in a certain time period
> until nslcd is aware that the LDAP server is available again.
> 
> This means that sequence 19 may cause problems and 20 currently causes
> problems for exim.

yep, I have moved slapd done to 18, 19 for nslcd.

> 
> I am in the process of rethinking/rewriting the reconnect logic in
> nss-ldapd which could make it easier to start earlier.
If i might suggest the ability to add a weight to each uri thus if would
be possible to priorities slapd servers

> 
> -- 
> -- arthur - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://people.debian.org/~adejong --



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