> Hi, > > since quite some time libldap enables tcp-keepalive, e.g. to detected > dangling > syncrepl connections. However the default timeout of two hours that most > systems are using might be a bit too long for some applications (e.g. I > had a > problem lately were nscd didn't answer queries anymore because nss_ldap > was > blocking in SSL_read() while the underlying connection has been cut off). > On > the other hand messing with the system wide settings might no be a good > idea > either. On Linux it is possible to configure the keepalive settings on a > per > socket basis through the TCP_KEEP* socket options. > > Would it be worth adding ldap_set_option() support for those, even if they > are > not really portable?
I think it would; for archs that do not support it, it could do nothing (and log accordingly, just in case). p.
