Eric Brunson wrote: > On 03/11/2011 05:40 AM, Michael Ströder wrote: >> No matter which sync protocol you implement it's very likely that you need >> python-LDAP from CVS HEAD (will be python 2.4) since this version contains >> code to extract response controls from intermediate responses. > > I'm currently working on a project that requires me to do a syncrepl > from python and after much, much reading I'm afraid that the python-ldap > library does not implement 4533 correctly. > > Sync cookies are only retrieved by python-ldap if they are returned in a > server control, however this is only the case in an > LDAP_RES_SEARCH_RESULT or an LDAP_RES_SEARCH_ENTRY packets. The > protocol passes both deletes and presence records in > LDAP_RES_INTERMEDIATE packets, which don't get returned to the python > caller as they don't have LDAP entries in them, and cookies are also > returned in these intermediate result packets, but not in a server > control, so those are missed.
The patches in CVS HEAD were contributed by Rich exactly to make syncrepl possible with python-ldap. If you think the current implementation in CVS HEAD still has deficiencies regarding controls in intermediate responses I happily will review a patch. ;-) Ciao, Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Python-LDAP-dev mailing list Python-LDAP-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-ldap-dev
