further clarify validity of search limits, and "beautify" paragraph

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Pierangelo Masarati 2006-10-18 17:29:37 +00:00
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@ -1579,15 +1579,19 @@ setting up a replicated
directory service using the
.B syncrepl
replication engine.
.B rid
identifies the current
.B syncrepl
directive within the replication consumer site.
It is a non-negative integer having no more than three digits.
.B provider
specifies the replication provider site containing the master content
as an LDAP URI. If <port> is not given, the standard LDAP port number
(389 or 636) is used. The content of the
(389 or 636) is used.
The content of the
.B syncrepl
replica is defined using a search
specification as its result set. The consumer
@ -1605,6 +1609,11 @@ The \fBscope\fP defaults to \fBsub\fP, the \fBfilter\fP defaults to
attributes, and \fBattrsonly\fP is unset by default.
The \fBsizelimit\fP and \fBtimelimit\fP only
accept "unlimited" and positive integers, and both default to "unlimited".
Note, however, that any provider-side limits for the replication identity
will be enforced by the provider regardless of the limits requested
by the LDAP Content Synchronization operation, much like for any other
search operation.
The LDAP Content Synchronization protocol has two operation types.
In the
.B refreshOnly
@ -1620,6 +1629,7 @@ Further updates to the master replica will generate
.B searchResultEntry
to the consumer slapd as the search responses to the persistent
synchronization search.
If an error occurs during replication, the consumer will attempt to
reconnect according to the
.B retry
@ -1628,10 +1638,12 @@ For example, retry="60 10 300 3" lets the consumer retry every 60 seconds
for the first 10 times and then retry every 300 seconds for the next 3
times before stop retrying. The `+' in <# of retries> means indefinite
number of retries until success.
The schema checking can be enforced at the LDAP Sync
consumer site by turning on the
.B schemachecking
parameter. The default is off.
A
.B bindmethod
of
@ -1663,7 +1675,6 @@ keyword above) for a SASL bind can be set with the
option. A non default SASL realm can be set with the
.B realm
option.
The provider, other than allow authentication of the syncrepl identity,
should grant that identity appropriate access privileges to the data
that is being replicated (\fBaccess\fP directive), and appropriate time