[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 248 Raise proper exception when LDAP limits are exceeded

[Rob Crittenden]

Jan Cholasta wrote:
> On 10.4.2012 10:57, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> Few test hints are attached to the ticket.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> ldap2 plugin returns NotFound error for find_entries/get_entry
>> queries when the server did not manage to return an entry
>> due to time limits. This may be confusing for user when the
>> entry he searches actually exists.
>>
>> This patch fixes the behavior in ldap2 plugin to return
>> LimitsExceeded exception instead. This way, user would know
>> that his time/size limits are set too low and can amend them to
>> get correct results.
>>
>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2606
>>
>
> ACK.
>
> Honza
>

Before pushing I'd like to look at this more. truncated is supposed to 
indicate a limits problem. I want to see if the caller should be 
responsible for returning a limits error instead.

rob