[Bug nscd/2132] Use nscd to support disconnected LDAP operation

[arthur at arthurdejong dot org]

------- Additional Comments From arthur at arthurdejong dot org  2009-11-01 14:49 -------
According to http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/NSS-Modules-Interface.html there 
are four error conditions that can be returned by an NSS module:

NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN+EAGAIN
NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN+ERANGE
NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL+ENOENT
NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND+ENOENT

Is it really correct for an NSS module to return NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN+EAGAIN when the LDAP server 
is unavailable or would NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL+EAGAIN be better (or perhaps something else)?

Wouln't it be better if nscd only enters data in the cache on NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS and 
NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND? (that should also solve this problem and probably be more consistent)

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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2132

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