>> I see one valuable use for SSS - guaranteed search return order. >> Regardless of the sort algorithm, knowing that searches will always >> return entries in the same order allows for easy comparison, merge >> sorts, or differentials with another list - as in necessary during the >> reconciliation or join phases of provisioning. >> >> Or is this a bad application of SSS? > >I think someone else already replied that the client library already handles >sorting of results. There's nothing that depends on the server handling this >in the application you're talking about. > >-- > -- Howard Chu
But not all LDAP client libraries have this feature, and not everyone uses OpenLDAP's client libraries... - Jeff
