Pierangelo Masarati wrote: > Masato Taruishi wrote: > >>> Rich Megginson wrote: >>> >>>> Ben wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rich Megginson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ben wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Rich Megginson wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ben wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Does FDS support Paged Results? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Fedora DS does not support the LDAPv3 Paged Results feature. >>>>>>>> Fedora DS does support VLV (Virtual List View) which can be used >>>>>>>> to page through many entries. This is what the console refers to >>>>>>>> as a "Browsing Index". >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the info. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OK, so how would i go about using VLV in 'perl' and 'php'? >>>>>>> >>>>>> You can use Net::LDAP to create and parse the VLV controls using the >>>>>> Convert::ASN1 package. Not sure about php. >>>>>> >>>>> There is a "Net::LDAP::Control::VLV" perl module. i have not been >>>>> able to get it work. Is there some preparation that needs to be done >>>>> on the FDS server to allow/support it? >>>>> >>>> Yes. Check the documentation. Not sure where it is documented >>>> though. You have to configure it then use the db_index command to >>>> create the index. >>>> >>>>>>> And how does that affect 'nss_ldap' with "nss_paged_results yes" >>>>>>> and "pagesize 1000" set? >>>>>>> >>>>>> If the paged results control is not marked critical, fedora ds will >>>>>> ignore it. So it will have no effect. >>>>>> >>>>> I assume you mean in bugzilla? >>>>> >>>> ? bugzilla ? >>>> >>> Sorry i thought you were referring to getting paged support added to >>> FDS, what do you mean "If the paged results control is not marked >>> critical, fedora ds will ignore it." with reference to 'nss_ldap'? >>> >> nss_ldap doesn't seem to set the criticality of the paged result >> control: >> >> rc = ldap_carete_page_control(__session.ls_conn, >> __session.ls_config->ldc_pagesize, >> NULL, 0, &serverCtrls[0]); >> >> which means fedora-ds just ignore the control. >> > > I don't think any client really needs that control. The only reason > many were forced into at least __knowing__ about it is that Active > Directory returns pagedResults response even if not requested, in > blatant violation of LDAPv3. So both the users and the developers of > FDS can safely ignore its existence. Only client developers need to > know about it if they want their clients to be able to interoperate with AD. > > p. > If i recall correctly the reason i started using paged results was to exceed the 'sizelimit' restriction when i was using OpenLDAP. i.e. if "sizelimit = 100" you could get 300 results using paged results. So in relation to 'nss_ldap' isn't that what the "nss_paged_results yes" and "pagesize 1000" options are good for? So with a directory of >2000 users nss_ldap could get them all when the server has sizelimit set to say 1000. Ben
