Lighttpd

Ahem... it seems this is already possible.
I just tried:

 "auth.backend.ldap.hostname = "bogus.example.com real.ldap.server.com" 

and it worked!

Not sure if this will also handle failover after connecting, but I'll do some testing
.
We should document this, probably...

-- bkw

OK, it seems to work like this (lighttpd-1.4.10 + cgi-patch):

• During startup the first working ldap server is chosen.
• If that server should go down, no failover takes place
• moreover, even if the ldap server comes back, lighty needs a restart to reconnect. Not sure how this relates to Ticket #294 and the LDAP reconnect patch...

Should I open a new ticket?

-- bkw

because it's a standard feature of ldap library, see ldap_init(3).

Replying to bkw:

Ahem... it seems this is already possible.
I just tried: {{{
"auth.backend.ldap.hostname = "bogus.example.com real.ldap.server.com"
}}}

and it worked!