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authorEric Covener <covener@apache.org>2010-01-07 14:52:27 +0000
committerEric Covener <covener@apache.org>2010-01-07 14:52:27 +0000
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clarify LDAPConnectionTimeout behavior/availability which is really just
passed along to the SDK when applicable. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@896897 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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@@ -472,11 +472,24 @@ by other LDAP modules</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_ldap</td></tr>
</table>
- <p>Specifies the timeout value (in seconds) in which the module will
- attempt to connect to the LDAP server. If a connection is not
- successful with the timeout period, either an error will be
- returned or the module will attempt to connect to a secondary LDAP
- server if one is specified. The default is 10 seconds.</p>
+ <p>This directive configures the LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT option in the
+ underlying LDAP client library, when available. This value typically
+ controls how long the LDAP client library will wait for various network
+ calls to complete, including establishing a connection to the target LDAP
+ server.</p>
+
+ <p> If a connection is not successful with the timeout period, either an error will be
+ returned or the LDAP client library will attempt to connect to a secondary LDAP
+ server if one is specified (via a space-separated list of hostnames in the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#authldapurl">AuthLDAPURL</a></code>).</p>
+
+ <p>The default is 10 seconds, if the LDAP client library linked with the
+ server supports the LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT option.</p>
+
+ <div class="note">LDAPConnectionTimeout is only available when the LDAP client library linked
+ with the server supports the LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT option, and the
+ ultimate behavior is dictated entirely by the LDAP client library.
+ </div>
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