[VCL-293] check for remote ldap server being up before connecting to it

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2
• Component/s: web gui (frontend)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Josh Thompson
• Created: 20/Jan/10 21:18
• Updated: 02/Feb/10 16:56
• Resolved: 02/Feb/10 16:56

Description

Try connecting to an ldap server when authenticating a user with a socket call to see if it is responding before using ldap_connect since it doesn't have an option for a timeout.