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+ Fixed slapd connectionless LDAP support
[openldap] / servers / slapd / back-meta / search.c
index a31356471f32f832f3d0fa42ef080ce7da3bfa64..668f8c94473707c29bf48f551afafcba9e9eff5b 100644 (file)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* $OpenLDAP$ */
 /* This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
  *
- * Copyright 1999-2004 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
+ * Copyright 1999-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
  * Portions Copyright 2001-2003 Pierangelo Masarati.
  * Portions Copyright 1999-2003 Howard Chu.
  * All rights reserved.
 #include "slap.h"
 #include "../back-ldap/back-ldap.h"
 #include "back-meta.h"
-#include "ldap_pvt.h"
 #undef ldap_debug      /* silence a warning in ldap-int.h */
 #include "ldap_log.h"
 #include "../../../libraries/libldap/ldap-int.h"
 
 static int
 meta_send_entry(
-               Operation       *op,
-               SlapReply       *rs,
-               struct metaconn *lc,
-               int             i,
-               LDAPMessage     *e
-);
+       Operation       *op,
+       SlapReply       *rs,
+       metaconn_t      *mc,
+       int             i,
+       LDAPMessage     *e );
+
+typedef enum meta_search_candidate_t {
+       META_SEARCH_ERR = -1,
+       META_SEARCH_NOT_CANDIDATE,
+       META_SEARCH_CANDIDATE
+} meta_search_candidate_t;
+
+static meta_search_candidate_t
+meta_back_search_start(
+       Operation               *op,
+       SlapReply               *rs,
+       dncookie                *dc,
+       metasingleconn_t        *msc,
+       int                     candidate,
+       SlapReply               *candidates
+)
+{
+       metainfo_t      *mi = ( metainfo_t * )op->o_bd->be_private;
+       struct berval   realbase = op->o_req_dn;
+       int             realscope = op->ors_scope;
+       ber_len_t       suffixlen = 0;
+       struct berval   mbase = BER_BVNULL; 
+       struct berval   mfilter = BER_BVNULL;
+       char            **mapped_attrs = NULL;
+       int             rc;
+       meta_search_candidate_t retcode;
+       struct timeval  tv, *tvp = NULL;
+
+       /* should we check return values? */
+       if ( op->ors_deref != -1 ) {
+               ldap_set_option( msc->msc_ld, LDAP_OPT_DEREF,
+                               ( void * )&op->ors_deref );
+       }
 
-static int
-is_one_level_rdn(
-               const char      *rdn,
-               int             from
-);
+       if ( op->ors_tlimit != SLAP_NO_LIMIT ) {
+               tv.tv_sec = op->ors_tlimit > 0 ? op->ors_tlimit : 1;
+               tvp = &tv;
+       }
 
-int
-meta_back_search( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
-{
-       struct metainfo *li = ( struct metainfo * )op->o_bd->be_private;
-       struct metaconn *lc;
-       struct metasingleconn *lsc;
-       struct timeval  tv = { 0, 0 };
-       LDAPMessage     *res, *e;
-       int     rc = 0, *msgid, sres = LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
-       char *err = NULL;
-       struct berval match = { 0, NULL }, mmatch = { 0, NULL };
-       BerVarray v2refs = NULL;
-               
-       int i, last = 0, candidates = 0, initial_candidates = 0,
-                       candidate_match = 0;
-       struct slap_limits_set *limit = NULL;
-       int isroot = 0;
-       dncookie dc;
+       dc->target = &mi->mi_targets[ candidate ];
 
        /*
-        * controls are set in ldap_back_dobind()
-        * 
-        * FIXME: in case of values return filter, we might want
-        * to map attrs and maybe rewrite value
+        * modifies the base according to the scope, if required
+        */
+       suffixlen = mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_nsuffix.bv_len;
+       if ( suffixlen > op->o_req_ndn.bv_len ) {
+               switch ( op->ors_scope ) {
+               case LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE:
+                       /*
+                        * make the target suffix the new base
+                        * FIXME: this is very forgiving, because
+                        * "illegal" searchBases may be turned
+                        * into the suffix of the target; however,
+                        * the requested searchBase already passed
+                        * thru the candidate analyzer...
+                        */
+                       if ( dnIsSuffix( &mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_nsuffix,
+                                       &op->o_req_ndn ) )
+                       {
+                               realbase = mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_nsuffix;
+                               if ( mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_scope == LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE ) {
+                                       realscope = LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE;
+                               }
+
+                       } else {
+                               /*
+                                * this target is no longer candidate
+                                */
+                               return META_SEARCH_NOT_CANDIDATE;
+                       }
+                       break;
+
+               case LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE:
+               case LDAP_SCOPE_ONELEVEL:
+               {
+                       struct berval   rdn = mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_nsuffix;
+                       rdn.bv_len -= op->o_req_ndn.bv_len + STRLENOF( "," );
+                       if ( dnIsOneLevelRDN( &rdn )
+                                       && dnIsSuffix( &mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_nsuffix, &op->o_req_ndn ) )
+                       {
+                               /*
+                                * if there is exactly one level,
+                                * make the target suffix the new
+                                * base, and make scope "base"
+                                */
+                               realbase = mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_nsuffix;
+                               if ( op->ors_scope == LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE ) {
+                                       if ( mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_scope == LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE ) {
+                                               realscope = LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE;
+                                       } else {
+                                               realscope = LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE;
+                                       }
+                               } else {
+                                       realscope = LDAP_SCOPE_BASE;
+                               }
+                               break;
+                       } /* else continue with the next case */
+               }
+
+               case LDAP_SCOPE_BASE:
+                       /*
+                        * this target is no longer candidate
+                        */
+                       return META_SEARCH_NOT_CANDIDATE;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Rewrite the search base, if required
         */
-       lc = meta_back_getconn( op, rs, META_OP_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, 
-                       &op->o_req_ndn, NULL );
-       if ( !lc ) {
-               send_ldap_result( op, rs );
-               return -1;
+       dc->ctx = "searchBase";
+       switch ( ldap_back_dn_massage( dc, &realbase, &mbase ) ) {
+       default:
+               break;
+
+       case REWRITE_REGEXEC_UNWILLING:
+               rs->sr_err = LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM;
+               rs->sr_text = "Operation not allowed";
+               send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+               return META_SEARCH_ERR;
+
+       case REWRITE_REGEXEC_ERR:
+
+               /*
+                * this target is no longer candidate
+                */
+               return META_SEARCH_NOT_CANDIDATE;
        }
 
-       if ( !meta_back_dobind( lc, op ) ) {
-               rs->sr_err = LDAP_OTHER;
-               send_ldap_result( op, rs );
-               return -1;
+       /*
+        * Maps filter
+        */
+       rc = ldap_back_filter_map_rewrite( dc, op->ors_filter,
+                       &mfilter, BACKLDAP_MAP );
+       switch ( rc ) {
+       case LDAP_SUCCESS:
+               break;
+
+       case LDAP_COMPARE_FALSE:
+       default:
+               /*
+                * this target is no longer candidate
+                */
+               retcode = META_SEARCH_NOT_CANDIDATE;
+               goto done;
        }
 
        /*
-        * Array of message id of each target
+        * Maps required attributes
         */
-       msgid = ch_calloc( sizeof( int ), li->ntargets );
-       if ( msgid == NULL ) {
-               rs->sr_err = LDAP_OTHER;
-               send_ldap_result( op, rs );
-               return -1;
+       rc = ldap_back_map_attrs( &mi->mi_targets[ candidate ].mt_rwmap.rwm_at,
+                       op->ors_attrs, BACKLDAP_MAP, &mapped_attrs );
+       if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+               /*
+                * this target is no longer candidate
+                */
+               retcode = META_SEARCH_NOT_CANDIDATE;
+               goto done;
        }
-       
-       /* if not root, get appropriate limits */
-       if ( be_isroot( op->o_bd, &op->o_ndn ) ) {
-               isroot = 1;
+
+       /*
+        * Starts the search
+        */
+       rc = ldap_search_ext( msc->msc_ld,
+                       mbase.bv_val, realscope, mfilter.bv_val,
+                       mapped_attrs, op->ors_attrsonly,
+                       op->o_ctrls, NULL, tvp, op->ors_slimit,
+                       &candidates[ candidate ].sr_msgid ); 
+       if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+               retcode = META_SEARCH_CANDIDATE;
+
        } else {
-               ( void ) get_limits( op->o_bd, &op->o_ndn, &limit );
+               candidates[ candidate ].sr_msgid = -1;
+               retcode = META_SEARCH_NOT_CANDIDATE;
        }
 
-       /* if no time limit requested, rely on remote server limits */
-       /* if requested limit higher than hard limit, abort */
-       if ( !isroot && op->oq_search.rs_tlimit > limit->lms_t_hard ) {
-               /* no hard limit means use soft instead */
-               if ( limit->lms_t_hard == 0
-                               && limit->lms_t_soft > -1
-                               && op->oq_search.rs_tlimit > limit->lms_t_soft ) {
-                       op->oq_search.rs_tlimit = limit->lms_t_soft;
-                       
-               /* positive hard limit means abort */
-               } else if ( limit->lms_t_hard > 0 ) {
-                       rs->sr_err = LDAP_ADMINLIMIT_EXCEEDED;
-                       send_ldap_result( op, rs );
-                       rc = 0;
-                       goto finish;
-               }
-               
-               /* negative hard limit means no limit */
+done:;
+       if ( mapped_attrs ) {
+               free( mapped_attrs );
        }
-       
-       /* if no size limit requested, rely on remote server limits */
-       /* if requested limit higher than hard limit, abort */
-       if ( !isroot && op->oq_search.rs_slimit > limit->lms_s_hard ) {
-               /* no hard limit means use soft instead */
-               if ( limit->lms_s_hard == 0
-                               && limit->lms_s_soft > -1
-                               && op->oq_search.rs_slimit > limit->lms_s_soft ) {
-                       op->oq_search.rs_slimit = limit->lms_s_soft;
-                       
-               /* positive hard limit means abort */
-               } else if ( limit->lms_s_hard > 0 ) {
-                       rs->sr_err = LDAP_ADMINLIMIT_EXCEEDED;
-                       send_ldap_result( op, rs );
-                       rc = 0;
-                       goto finish;
-               }
-               
-               /* negative hard limit means no limit */
+       if ( mfilter.bv_val != op->ors_filterstr.bv_val ) {
+               free( mfilter.bv_val );
        }
+       if ( mbase.bv_val != realbase.bv_val ) {
+               free( mbase.bv_val );
+       }
+
+       return retcode;
+}
 
+int
+meta_back_search( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
+{
+       metainfo_t      *mi = ( metainfo_t * )op->o_bd->be_private;
+       metaconn_t      *mc;
+       struct timeval  tv = { 0, 0 };
+       time_t          stoptime = (time_t)-1;
+       LDAPMessage     *res = NULL, *e;
+       int             rc = 0, sres = LDAP_SUCCESS;
+       char            *matched = NULL;
+       int             last = 0, ncandidates = 0,
+                       initial_candidates = 0, candidate_match = 0;
+       long            i;
+       dncookie        dc;
+       int             is_ok = 0;
+       void            *savepriv;
+       SlapReply       *candidates = meta_back_candidates_get( op );
+
+       /*
+        * controls are set in ldap_back_dobind()
+        * 
+        * FIXME: in case of values return filter, we might want
+        * to map attrs and maybe rewrite value
+        */
+       mc = meta_back_getconn( op, rs, NULL, LDAP_BACK_SENDERR );
+       if ( !mc || !meta_back_dobind( op, rs, mc, LDAP_BACK_SENDERR ) ) {
+               return rs->sr_err;
+       }
 
        dc.conn = op->o_conn;
        dc.rs = rs;
@@ -153,210 +267,119 @@ meta_back_search( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
        /*
         * Inits searches
         */
-       for ( i = 0, lsc = lc->conns; !META_LAST(lsc); ++i, ++lsc ) {
-               struct berval   realbase = op->o_req_dn;
-               int             realscope = op->oq_search.rs_scope;
-               ber_len_t       suffixlen = 0;
-               struct berval   mbase = { 0, NULL }; 
-               struct berval   mfilter = { 0, NULL };
-               char            **mapped_attrs = NULL;
-
-               if ( lsc->candidate != META_CANDIDATE ) {
-                       msgid[ i ] = -1;
+       for ( i = 0; i < mi->mi_ntargets; i++ ) {
+               metasingleconn_t        *msc = &mc->mc_conns[ i ];
+
+               candidates[ i ].sr_msgid = -1;
+               candidates[ i ].sr_matched = NULL;
+               candidates[ i ].sr_text = NULL;
+               candidates[ i ].sr_ref = NULL;
+               candidates[ i ].sr_ctrls = NULL;
+
+               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_tag != META_CANDIDATE
+                       || candidates[ i ].sr_err != LDAP_SUCCESS )
+               {
                        continue;
                }
 
-               /* should we check return values? */
-               if ( op->oq_search.rs_deref != -1 ) {
-                       ldap_set_option( lsc->ld, LDAP_OPT_DEREF,
-                                       ( void * )&op->oq_search.rs_deref);
-               }
-               if ( op->oq_search.rs_tlimit != -1 ) {
-                       ldap_set_option( lsc->ld, LDAP_OPT_TIMELIMIT,
-                                       ( void * )&op->oq_search.rs_tlimit);
-               }
-               if ( op->oq_search.rs_slimit != -1 ) {
-                       ldap_set_option( lsc->ld, LDAP_OPT_SIZELIMIT,
-                                       ( void * )&op->oq_search.rs_slimit);
-               }
-
-               dc.rwmap = &li->targets[ i ]->rwmap;
-
-               /*
-                * modifies the base according to the scope, if required
-                */
-               suffixlen = li->targets[ i ]->suffix.bv_len;
-               if ( suffixlen > op->o_req_ndn.bv_len ) {
-                       switch ( op->oq_search.rs_scope ) {
-                       case LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE:
-                               /*
-                                * make the target suffix the new base
-                                * FIXME: this is very forgiving, because
-                                * illegal bases may be turned into 
-                                * the suffix of the target.
-                                */
-                               if ( dnIsSuffix( &li->targets[ i ]->suffix,
-                                               &op->o_req_ndn ) ) {
-                                       realbase = li->targets[ i ]->suffix;
-                               } else {
-                                       /*
-                                        * this target is no longer candidate
-                                        */
-                                       msgid[ i ] = -1;
-                                       goto new_candidate;
-                               }
-                               break;
-
-                       case LDAP_SCOPE_ONELEVEL:
-                               if ( is_one_level_rdn( li->targets[ i ]->suffix.bv_val,
-                                               suffixlen - op->o_req_ndn.bv_len - 1 ) 
-                       && dnIsSuffix( &li->targets[ i ]->suffix, &op->o_req_ndn ) ) {
-                                       /*
-                                        * if there is exactly one level,
-                                        * make the target suffix the new
-                                        * base, and make scope "base"
-                                        */
-                                       realbase = li->targets[ i ]->suffix;
-                                       realscope = LDAP_SCOPE_BASE;
-                                       break;
-                               } /* else continue with the next case */
-
-                       case LDAP_SCOPE_BASE:
-                               /*
-                                * this target is no longer candidate
-                                */
-                               msgid[ i ] = -1;
-                               goto new_candidate;
-                       }
-
-               }
+               switch ( meta_back_search_start( op, rs, &dc, msc, i, candidates ) )
+               {
+               case META_SEARCH_NOT_CANDIDATE:
+                       break;
 
-               /*
-                * Rewrite the search base, if required
-                */
-               dc.ctx = "searchBase";
-               switch ( ldap_back_dn_massage( &dc, &realbase, &mbase ) ) {
-               default:
+               case META_SEARCH_CANDIDATE:
+                       candidates[ i ].sr_type = REP_INTERMEDIATE;
+                       ++ncandidates;
                        break;
 
-               case REWRITE_REGEXEC_UNWILLING:
-                       rs->sr_err = LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM;
-                       rs->sr_text = "Operation not allowed";
-                       send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+               case META_SEARCH_ERR:
                        rc = -1;
                        goto finish;
-
-               case REWRITE_REGEXEC_ERR:
-#if 0
-                       rs->sr_err = LDAP_OTHER;
-                       rs->sr_text = "Rewrite error";
-                       send_ldap_result( op, rs );
-                       rc = -1;
-                       goto finish;
-#endif 
-
-                       /*
-                        * this target is no longer candidate
-                        */
-                       msgid[ i ] = -1;
-                       goto new_candidate;
                }
+       }
 
-               /*
-                * Maps filter
-                */
-               rc = ldap_back_filter_map_rewrite( &dc,
-                               op->oq_search.rs_filter,
-                               &mfilter, BACKLDAP_MAP );
-               if ( rc != 0 ) {
-                       /*
-                        * this target is no longer candidate
-                        */
-                       msgid[ i ] = -1;
-                       goto new_candidate;
-               }
+       initial_candidates = ncandidates;
 
-               /*
-                * Maps required attributes
-                */
-               rc = ldap_back_map_attrs( &li->targets[ i ]->rwmap.rwm_at,
-                               op->oq_search.rs_attrs, BACKLDAP_MAP,
-                               &mapped_attrs );
-               if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
-                       /*
-                        * this target is no longer candidate
-                        */
-                       msgid[ i ] = -1;
-                       goto new_candidate;
-               }
+#if 0
+       {
+               char    cnd[BUFSIZ];
+               int     i;
 
-               /*
-                * Starts the search
-                */
-               msgid[ i ] = ldap_search( lsc->ld, mbase.bv_val, realscope,
-                               mfilter.bv_val, mapped_attrs,
-                               op->oq_search.rs_attrsonly ); 
-               if ( mapped_attrs ) {
-                       free( mapped_attrs );
-                       mapped_attrs = NULL;
-               }
-               if ( mfilter.bv_val != op->oq_search.rs_filterstr.bv_val ) {
-                       free( mfilter.bv_val );
-                       mfilter.bv_val = NULL;
-               }
-               if ( mbase.bv_val != realbase.bv_val ) {
-                       free( mbase.bv_val );
-                       mbase.bv_val = NULL;
+               for ( i = 0; i < mi->mi_ntargets; i++ ) {
+                       if ( candidates[ i ].sr_tag == META_CANDIDATE ) {
+                               cnd[ i ] = '*';
+                       } else {
+                               cnd[ i ] = ' ';
+                       }
                }
+               cnd[ i ] = '\0';
 
-               if ( msgid[ i ] == -1 ) {
-                       continue;
+               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "%s meta_back_search: ncandidates=%d "
+                       "cnd=\"%s\"\n", op->o_log_prefix, ncandidates, cnd );
+       }
+#endif
+
+       if ( initial_candidates == 0 ) {
+               /* NOTE: here we are not sending any matchedDN;
+                * this is intended, because if the back-meta
+                * is serving this search request, but no valid
+                * candidate could be looked up, it means that
+                * there is a hole in the mapping of the targets
+                * and thus no knowledge of any remote superior
+                * is available */
+               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "%s meta_back_search: "
+                       "base=\"%s\" scope=%d: "
+                       "no candidate could be selected\n",
+                       op->o_log_prefix, op->o_req_dn.bv_val,
+                       op->ors_scope );
+
+               /* FIXME: we're sending the first error we encounter;
+                * maybe we should pick the worst... */
+               rc = LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
+               for ( i = 0; i < mi->mi_ntargets; i++ ) {
+                       if ( candidates[ i ].sr_tag == META_CANDIDATE
+                               && candidates[ i ].sr_err != LDAP_SUCCESS )
+                       {
+                               rc = candidates[ i ].sr_err;
+                               break;
+                       }
                }
 
-               ++candidates;
+               send_ldap_error( op, rs, rc, NULL );
 
-new_candidate:;
+               goto finish;
        }
 
-       initial_candidates = candidates;
-
        /* We pull apart the ber result, stuff it into a slapd entry, and
         * let send_search_entry stuff it back into ber format. Slow & ugly,
         * but this is necessary for version matching, and for ACL processing.
         */
 
+       if ( op->ors_tlimit != SLAP_NO_LIMIT ) {
+               stoptime = op->o_time + op->ors_tlimit;
+       }
 
        /*
         * In case there are no candidates, no cycle takes place...
         *
-        * FIXME: we might use a queue, to balance the load 
+        * FIXME: we might use a queue, to better balance the load 
         * among the candidates
         */
-       for ( rc = 0; candidates > 0; ) {
-               int ab, gotit = 0;
+       for ( rc = 0; ncandidates > 0; ) {
+               int     gotit = 0, doabandon = 0;
 
-               /* check for abandon */
-               ab = op->o_abandon;
+               for ( i = 0; i < mi->mi_ntargets; i++ ) {
+                       metasingleconn_t        *msc = &mc->mc_conns[ i ];
 
-               for ( i = 0, lsc = lc->conns; !META_LAST(lsc); lsc++, i++ ) {
-                       if ( msgid[ i ] == -1 ) {
+                       if ( candidates[ i ].sr_msgid == -1 ) {
                                continue;
                        }
-                       
-                       if ( ab ) {
-                               ldap_abandon( lsc->ld, msgid[ i ] );
-                               rc = 0;
-                               break;
-                       }
 
-                       if ( op->oq_search.rs_slimit > 0
-                                       && rs->sr_nentries == op->oq_search.rs_slimit ) {
-                               rs->sr_err = LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED;
-                               rs->sr_v2ref = v2refs;
-                               send_ldap_result( op, rs );
-                               goto finish;
+                       /* check for abandon */
+                       if ( op->o_abandon ) {
+                               break;
                        }
-
+                       
                        /*
                         * FIXME: handle time limit as well?
                         * Note that target servers are likely 
@@ -364,27 +387,90 @@ new_candidate:;
                         * get a LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED from
                         * one of them ...
                         */
-                       rc = ldap_result( lsc->ld, msgid[ i ],
-                                       0, &tv, &res );
+get_result:;
+                       rc = ldap_result( msc->msc_ld, candidates[ i ].sr_msgid,
+                                       LDAP_MSG_ONE, &tv, &res );
 
                        if ( rc == 0 ) {
+                               /* FIXME: res should not need to be freed */
+                               assert( res == NULL );
+
+                               /* check time limit */
+                               if ( op->ors_tlimit != SLAP_NO_LIMIT
+                                               && slap_get_time() > stoptime )
+                               {
+                                       doabandon = 1;
+                                       rc = rs->sr_err = LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED;
+                                       savepriv = op->o_private;
+                                       op->o_private = (void *)i;
+                                       send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+                                       op->o_private = savepriv;
+                                       goto finish;
+                               }
+
                                continue;
 
                        } else if ( rc == -1 ) {
+really_bad:;
                                /* something REALLY bad happened! */
-                               ( void )meta_clear_unused_candidates( li,
-                                               lc, -1, 0 );
-                               rs->sr_err = LDAP_OTHER;
-                               rs->sr_v2ref = v2refs;
-                               send_ldap_result( op, rs );
-                               
-                               /* anything else needs be done? */
-                               goto finish;
+                               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_type == REP_INTERMEDIATE ) {
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_type = REP_RESULT;
+
+                                       if ( meta_back_retry( op, rs, mc, i, LDAP_BACK_DONTSEND ) ) {
+                                               switch ( meta_back_search_start( op, rs, &dc, msc, i, candidates ) )
+                                               {
+                                               case META_SEARCH_CANDIDATE:
+                                                       goto get_result;
+
+                                               default:
+                                                       rc = rs->sr_err = LDAP_OTHER;
+                                                       goto finish;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               /*
+                                * When no candidates are left,
+                                * the outer cycle finishes
+                                */
+                               candidates[ i ].sr_msgid = -1;
+                               --ncandidates;
+                               rs->sr_err = candidates[ i ].sr_err = LDAP_OTHER;
+                               rs->sr_text = "remote server unavailable";
 
                        } else if ( rc == LDAP_RES_SEARCH_ENTRY ) {
-                               e = ldap_first_entry( lsc->ld, res );
-                               meta_send_entry( op, rs, lc, i, e );
+                               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_type == REP_INTERMEDIATE ) {
+                                       /* don't retry any more... */
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_type = REP_RESULT;
+                               }
+
+                               is_ok++;
+
+                               e = ldap_first_entry( msc->msc_ld, res );
+                               savepriv = op->o_private;
+                               op->o_private = (void *)i;
+                               rs->sr_err = meta_send_entry( op, rs, mc, i, e );
+                               ldap_msgfree( res );
+                               res = NULL;
+
+                               switch ( rs->sr_err ) {
+                               case LDAP_SIZELIMIT_EXCEEDED:
+                                       savepriv = op->o_private;
+                                       op->o_private = (void *)i;
+                                       send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+                                       op->o_private = savepriv;
+                                       rs->sr_err = LDAP_SUCCESS;
+                                       goto finish;
+
+                               case LDAP_UNAVAILABLE:
+                                       rs->sr_err = LDAP_OTHER;
+                                       goto finish;
+                               }
+                               op->o_private = savepriv;
 
+                               gotit = 1;
+
+#if 0
                                /*
                                 * If scope is BASE, we need to jump out
                                 * as soon as one entry is found; if
@@ -392,26 +478,34 @@ new_candidate:;
                                 * this should correspond to the sole
                                 * entry that has the base DN
                                 */
-                               if ( op->oq_search.rs_scope == LDAP_SCOPE_BASE
-                                               && rs->sr_nentries > 0 ) {
-                                       candidates = 0;
+                               /* FIXME: this defeats the purpose of
+                                * doing a search with scope == base and
+                                * sizelimit = 1 to determine if a
+                                * candidate is actually unique */
+                               if ( op->ors_scope == LDAP_SCOPE_BASE
+                                               && rs->sr_nentries > 0 )
+                               {
+                                       doabandon = 1;
+                                       ncandidates = 0;
                                        sres = LDAP_SUCCESS;
                                        break;
                                }
-                               ldap_msgfree( res );
-                               gotit = 1;
+#endif
 
                        } else if ( rc == LDAP_RES_SEARCH_REFERENCE ) {
                                char            **references = NULL;
                                int             cnt;
 
-                               /*
-                                * FIXME: should we collect references
-                                * and send them alltogether at the end?
-                                */
+                               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_type == REP_INTERMEDIATE ) {
+                                       /* don't retry any more... */
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_type = REP_RESULT;
+                               }
 
-                               rc = ldap_parse_reference( lsc->ld, res,
+                               is_ok++;
+
+                               rc = ldap_parse_reference( msc->msc_ld, res,
                                                &references, &rs->sr_ctrls, 1 );
+                               res = NULL;
 
                                if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
                                        continue;
@@ -421,24 +515,41 @@ new_candidate:;
                                        continue;
                                }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_REWRITE
+                               dc.ctx = "referralDN";
+#else /* ! ENABLE_REWRITE */
+                               dc.tofrom = 0;
+                               dc.normalized = 0;
+#endif /* ! ENABLE_REWRITE */
+
+                               /* FIXME: merge all and return at the end */
+
                                for ( cnt = 0; references[ cnt ]; cnt++ )
-                                       /* NO OP */ ;
-                               
-                               rs->sr_ref = ch_calloc( cnt + 1, sizeof( struct berval ) );
+                                       ;
+
+                               rs->sr_ref = ch_calloc( sizeof( struct berval ), cnt + 1 );
 
                                for ( cnt = 0; references[ cnt ]; cnt++ ) {
-                                       rs->sr_ref[ cnt ].bv_val = references[ cnt ];
-                                       rs->sr_ref[ cnt ].bv_len = strlen( references[ cnt ] );
+                                       ber_str2bv( references[ cnt ], 0, 1, &rs->sr_ref[ cnt ] );
                                }
+                               BER_BVZERO( &rs->sr_ref[ cnt ] );
+
+                               ( void )ldap_back_referral_result_rewrite( &dc, rs->sr_ref );
+
+                               if ( rs->sr_ref != NULL && !BER_BVISNULL( &rs->sr_ref[ 0 ] ) ) {
+                                       /* ignore return value by now */
+                                       savepriv = op->o_private;
+                                       op->o_private = (void *)i;
+                                       ( void )send_search_reference( op, rs );
+                                       op->o_private = savepriv;
 
-                               /* ignore return value by now */
-                               ( void )send_search_reference( op, rs );
+                                       ber_bvarray_free( rs->sr_ref );
+                                       rs->sr_ref = NULL;
+                               }
 
                                /* cleanup */
                                if ( references ) {
-                                       ldap_value_free( references );
-                                       ch_free( rs->sr_ref );
-                                       rs->sr_ref = NULL;
+                                       ber_memvfree( (void **)references );
                                }
 
                                if ( rs->sr_ctrls ) {
@@ -446,33 +557,157 @@ new_candidate:;
                                        rs->sr_ctrls = NULL;
                                }
 
-                       } else {
-                               rs->sr_err = ldap_result2error( lsc->ld,
-                                               res, 1 );
-                               sres = ldap_back_map_result( rs );
-                               if ( err != NULL ) {
-                                       free( err );
+                       } else if ( rc == LDAP_RES_SEARCH_RESULT ) {
+                               char            buf[ SLAP_TEXT_BUFLEN ];
+                               char            **references = NULL;
+
+                               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_type == REP_INTERMEDIATE ) {
+                                       /* don't retry any more... */
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_type = REP_RESULT;
+                               }
+
+                               /* NOTE: ignores response controls
+                                * (and intermediate response controls
+                                * as well, except for those with search
+                                * references); this may not be correct,
+                                * but if they're not ignored then
+                                * back-meta would need to merge them
+                                * consistently (think of pagedResults...)
+                                */
+                               if ( ldap_parse_result( msc->msc_ld,
+                                                       res,
+                                                       &candidates[ i ].sr_err,
+                                                       (char **)&candidates[ i ].sr_matched,
+                                                       NULL /* (char **)&candidates[ i ].sr_text */ ,
+                                                       &references,
+                                                       NULL /* &candidates[ i ].sr_ctrls (unused) */ ,
+                                                       1 ) != LDAP_SUCCESS )
+                               {
+                                       res = NULL;
+                                       ldap_get_option( msc->msc_ld,
+                                                       LDAP_OPT_ERROR_NUMBER,
+                                                       &rs->sr_err );
+                                       sres = slap_map_api2result( rs );
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_type = REP_RESULT;
+                                       goto really_bad;
+                               }
+
+                               rs->sr_err = candidates[ i ].sr_err;
+                               sres = slap_map_api2result( rs );
+                               res = NULL;
+
+                               /* massage matchedDN if need be */
+                               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_matched != NULL ) {
+#ifndef LDAP_NULL_IS_NULL
+                                       if ( candidates[ i ].sr_matched[ 0 ] == '\0' ) {
+                                               ldap_memfree( (char *)candidates[ i ].sr_matched );
+                                               candidates[ i ].sr_matched = NULL;
+
+                                       } else
+#endif /* LDAP_NULL_IS_NULL */
+                                       {
+                                               struct berval   match, mmatch;
+
+                                               ber_str2bv( candidates[ i ].sr_matched,
+                                                       0, 0, &match );
+                                               candidates[ i ].sr_matched = NULL;
+
+                                               dc.ctx = "matchedDN";
+                                               dc.target = &mi->mi_targets[ i ];
+                                               if ( !ldap_back_dn_massage( &dc, &match, &mmatch ) ) {
+                                                       if ( mmatch.bv_val == match.bv_val ) {
+                                                               candidates[ i ].sr_matched = ch_strdup( mmatch.bv_val );
+
+                                                       } else {
+                                                               candidates[ i ].sr_matched = mmatch.bv_val;
+                                                       }
+
+                                                       candidate_match++;
+                                               } 
+                                               ldap_memfree( match.bv_val );
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+#ifndef LDAP_NULL_IS_NULL
+                               /* just get rid of the error message, if any */
+                               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_text && candidates[ i ].sr_text[ 0 ] == '\0' )
+                               {
+                                       ldap_memfree( (char *)candidates[ i ].sr_text );
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_text = NULL;
                                }
-                               ldap_get_option( lsc->ld,
-                                               LDAP_OPT_ERROR_STRING, &err );
-                               if ( match.bv_val != NULL ) {
-                                       free( match.bv_val );
+#endif /* LDAP_NULL_IS_NULL */
+
+                               /* add references to array */
+                               if ( references ) {
+                                       BerVarray       sr_ref;
+                                       int             cnt;
+
+                                       for ( cnt = 0; references[ cnt ]; cnt++ )
+                                               ;
+
+                                       sr_ref = ch_calloc( sizeof( struct berval ), cnt + 1 );
+
+                                       for ( cnt = 0; references[ cnt ]; cnt++ ) {
+                                               ber_str2bv( references[ cnt ], 0, 1, &sr_ref[ cnt ] );
+                                       }
+                                       BER_BVZERO( &sr_ref[ cnt ] );
+
+                                       ( void )ldap_back_referral_result_rewrite( &dc, sr_ref );
+                               
+                                       /* cleanup */
+                                       ber_memvfree( (void **)references );
+
+                                       if ( rs->sr_v2ref == NULL ) {
+                                               rs->sr_v2ref = sr_ref;
+
+                                       } else {
+                                               for ( cnt = 0; !BER_BVISNULL( &sr_ref[ cnt ] ); cnt++ ) {
+                                                       ber_bvarray_add( &rs->sr_v2ref, &sr_ref[ cnt ] );
+                                               }
+                                               ber_memfree( sr_ref );
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               rs->sr_err = candidates[ i ].sr_err;
+                               sres = slap_map_api2result( rs );
+
+                               snprintf( buf, sizeof( buf ),
+                                       "%s meta_back_search[%ld] "
+                                       "match=\"%s\" err=%ld\n",
+                                       op->o_log_prefix, i,
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_matched ? candidates[ i ].sr_matched : "",
+                                       (long) candidates[ i ].sr_err );
+                               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "%s", buf, 0, 0 );
+
+                               switch ( sres ) {
+                               case LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT:
+                                       /* is_ok is touched any time a valid
+                                        * (even intermediate) result is
+                                        * returned; as a consequence, if
+                                        * a candidate returns noSuchObject
+                                        * it is ignored and the candidate
+                                        * is simply demoted. */
+                                       if ( is_ok ) {
+                                               sres = LDAP_SUCCESS;
+                                       }
+                                       break;
+
+                               case LDAP_SUCCESS:
+                               case LDAP_REFERRAL:
+                                       is_ok++;
+                                       break;
+
+                               default:
+                                       if ( META_BACK_ONERR_STOP( mi ) ) {
+                                               savepriv = op->o_private;
+                                               op->o_private = (void *)i;
+                                               send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+                                               op->o_private = savepriv;
+                                               goto finish;
+                                       }
+                                       break;
                                }
-                               ldap_get_option( lsc->ld,
-                                               LDAP_OPT_MATCHED_DN, &match.bv_val );
-
-#ifdef NEW_LOGGING
-                               LDAP_LOG( BACK_META, ERR,
-                                       "meta_back_search [%d] "
-                                       "match=\"%s\" err=\"%s\"\n",
-                                       i, match.bv_val, err );
-#else /* !NEW_LOGGING */
-                               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY,
-                                       "=>meta_back_search [%d] "
-                                       "match=\"%s\" err=\"%s\"\n",
-                                       i, match.bv_val, err ); 
-#endif /* !NEW_LOGGING */
-                               candidate_match++;
+
                                last = i;
                                rc = 0;
 
@@ -480,19 +715,38 @@ new_candidate:;
                                 * When no candidates are left,
                                 * the outer cycle finishes
                                 */
-                               msgid[ i ] = -1;
-                               --candidates;
+                               candidates[ i ].sr_msgid = -1;
+                               --ncandidates;
+
+                       } else {
+                               assert( 0 );
+                               goto really_bad;
                        }
                }
 
-               if ( ab ) {
-                       goto finish;
+               /* check for abandon */
+               if ( op->o_abandon || doabandon ) {
+                       for ( i = 0; i < mi->mi_ntargets; i++ ) {
+                               metasingleconn_t        *msc = &mc->mc_conns[ i ];
+
+                               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_msgid != -1 ) {
+                                       ldap_abandon_ext( msc->msc_ld,
+                                               candidates[ i ].sr_msgid,
+                                               NULL, NULL );
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_msgid = -1;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if ( op->o_abandon ) {
+                               rc = SLAPD_ABANDON;
+                               goto finish;
+                       }
                }
 
                if ( gotit == 0 ) {
-                       tv.tv_sec = 0;
-                        tv.tv_usec = 100000;
+                       LDAP_BACK_TV_SET( &tv );
                         ldap_pvt_thread_yield();
+
                } else {
                        tv.tv_sec = 0;
                        tv.tv_usec = 0;
@@ -501,9 +755,9 @@ new_candidate:;
 
        if ( rc == -1 ) {
                /*
-                * FIXME: need a strategy to handle errors
+                * FIXME: need a better strategy to handle errors
                 */
-               rc = meta_back_op_result( lc, op, rs );
+               rc = meta_back_op_result( mc, op, rs, META_TARGET_NONE );
                goto finish;
        }
 
@@ -512,15 +766,88 @@ new_candidate:;
         * 
         * FIXME: only the last one gets caught!
         */
-       if ( candidate_match == initial_candidates
-                       && match.bv_val != NULL && *match.bv_val ) {
-               dc.ctx = "matchedDn";
-               dc.rwmap = &li->targets[ last ]->rwmap;
+       savepriv = op->o_private;
+       op->o_private = (void *)(long)mi->mi_ntargets;
+       if ( candidate_match > 0 ) {
+               struct berval   pmatched = BER_BVNULL;
+
+               /* we use the first one */
+               for ( i = 0; i < mi->mi_ntargets; i++ ) {
+                       if ( candidates[ i ].sr_tag == META_CANDIDATE
+                                       && candidates[ i ].sr_matched != NULL )
+                       {
+                               struct berval   bv, pbv;
+                               int             rc;
+
+                               /* if we got success, and this target
+                                * returned noSuchObject, and its suffix
+                                * is a superior of the searchBase,
+                                * ignore the matchedDN */
+                               if ( sres == LDAP_SUCCESS
+                                       && candidates[ i ].sr_err == LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT
+                                       && op->o_req_ndn.bv_len > mi->mi_targets[ i ].mt_nsuffix.bv_len )
+                               {
+                                       free( (char *)candidates[ i ].sr_matched );
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_matched = NULL;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+
+                               ber_str2bv( candidates[ i ].sr_matched, 0, 0, &bv );
+                               rc = dnPretty( NULL, &bv, &pbv, op->o_tmpmemctx );
+
+                               if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+
+                                       /* NOTE: if they all are superiors
+                                        * of the baseDN, the shorter is also 
+                                        * superior of the longer... */
+                                       if ( pbv.bv_len > pmatched.bv_len ) {
+                                               if ( !BER_BVISNULL( &pmatched ) ) {
+                                                       op->o_tmpfree( pmatched.bv_val, op->o_tmpmemctx );
+                                               }
+                                               pmatched = pbv;
+                                               op->o_private = (void *)i;
+
+                                       } else {
+                                               op->o_tmpfree( pbv.bv_val, op->o_tmpmemctx );
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_matched != NULL ) {
+                                       free( (char *)candidates[ i ].sr_matched );
+                                       candidates[ i ].sr_matched = NULL;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if ( !BER_BVISNULL( &pmatched ) ) {
+                       matched = pmatched.bv_val;
+               }
+
+       } else if ( sres == LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT ) {
+               matched = op->o_bd->be_suffix[ 0 ].bv_val;
+       }
+
+#if 0
+       {
+               char    buf[BUFSIZ];
+               char    cnd[BUFSIZ];
+               int     i;
 
-               if ( ldap_back_dn_massage( &dc, &match, &mmatch ) ) {
-                       mmatch.bv_val = NULL;
+               for ( i = 0; i < mi->mi_ntargets; i++ ) {
+                       if ( candidates[ i ].sr_tag == META_CANDIDATE ) {
+                               cnd[ i ] = '*';
+                       } else {
+                               cnd[ i ] = ' ';
+                       }
                }
+               cnd[ i ] = '\0';
+
+               snprintf( buf, sizeof( buf ), "%s meta_back_search: is_scope=%d is_ok=%d cnd=\"%s\"\n",
+                       op->o_log_prefix, initial_candidates, is_ok, cnd );
+
+               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "%s", buf, 0, 0 );
        }
+#endif
 
        /*
         * In case we returned at least one entry, we return LDAP_SUCCESS
@@ -529,54 +856,76 @@ new_candidate:;
         * FIXME: we should handle error codes and return the more 
         * important/reasonable
         */
-       if ( sres == LDAP_SUCCESS && v2refs ) {
+
+       if ( sres == LDAP_SUCCESS && rs->sr_v2ref ) {
                sres = LDAP_REFERRAL;
        }
        rs->sr_err = sres;
-       rs->sr_matched = mmatch.bv_val;
-       rs->sr_v2ref = v2refs;
+       rs->sr_matched = matched;
+       rs->sr_ref = ( sres == LDAP_REFERRAL ? rs->sr_v2ref : NULL );
        send_ldap_result( op, rs );
+       op->o_private = savepriv;
        rs->sr_matched = NULL;
-       rs->sr_v2ref = NULL;
-
+       rs->sr_ref = NULL;
 
 finish:;
-       if ( match.bv_val ) {
-               if ( mmatch.bv_val != match.bv_val ) {
-                       free( mmatch.bv_val );
-               }
-               free( match.bv_val );
+       if ( matched && matched != op->o_bd->be_suffix[ 0 ].bv_val ) {
+               op->o_tmpfree( matched, op->o_tmpmemctx );
        }
-       
-       if ( err ) {
-               free( err );
+
+       if ( rs->sr_v2ref ) {
+               ber_bvarray_free( rs->sr_v2ref );
        }
-       
-       if ( msgid ) {
-               ch_free( msgid );
+
+       for ( i = 0; i < mi->mi_ntargets; i++ ) {
+               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_tag != META_CANDIDATE ) {
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_matched ) {
+                       free( (char *)candidates[ i ].sr_matched );
+                       candidates[ i ].sr_matched = NULL;
+               }
+
+               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_text ) {
+                       ldap_memfree( (char *)candidates[ i ].sr_text );
+                       candidates[ i ].sr_text = NULL;
+               }
+
+               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_ref ) {
+                       ber_bvarray_free( candidates[ i ].sr_ref );
+                       candidates[ i ].sr_ref = NULL;
+               }
+
+               if ( candidates[ i ].sr_ctrls ) {
+                       ldap_controls_free( candidates[ i ].sr_ctrls );
+                       candidates[ i ].sr_ctrls = NULL;
+               }
        }
 
-       return rc;
+       meta_back_release_conn( op, mc );
+
+       return rs->sr_err;
 }
 
 static int
 meta_send_entry(
-               Operation       *op,
-               SlapReply       *rs,
-               struct metaconn *lc,
-               int             target,
-               LDAPMessage     *e
-)
+       Operation       *op,
+       SlapReply       *rs,
+       metaconn_t      *mc,
+       int             target,
+       LDAPMessage     *e )
 {
-       struct metainfo         *li = ( struct metainfo * )op->o_bd->be_private;
+       metainfo_t              *mi = ( metainfo_t * )op->o_bd->be_private;
        struct berval           a, mapped;
-       Entry                   ent = {0};
+       Entry                   ent = { 0 };
        BerElement              ber = *e->lm_ber;
        Attribute               *attr, **attrp;
-       struct berval           dummy = { 0, NULL };
-       struct berval           *bv, bdn;
+       struct berval           bdn,
+                               dn = BER_BVNULL;
        const char              *text;
        dncookie                dc;
+       int                     rc;
 
        if ( ber_scanf( &ber, "{m{", &bdn ) == LBER_ERROR ) {
                return LDAP_DECODING_ERROR;
@@ -585,12 +934,12 @@ meta_send_entry(
        /*
         * Rewrite the dn of the result, if needed
         */
-       dc.rwmap = &li->targets[ target ]->rwmap;
+       dc.target = &mi->mi_targets[ target ];
        dc.conn = op->o_conn;
        dc.rs = rs;
        dc.ctx = "searchResult";
 
-       rs->sr_err = ldap_back_dn_massage( &dc, &bdn, &ent.e_name );
+       rs->sr_err = ldap_back_dn_massage( &dc, &bdn, &dn );
        if ( rs->sr_err != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
                return rs->sr_err;
        }
@@ -602,17 +951,22 @@ meta_send_entry(
         * 
         * FIXME: should we log anything, or delegate to dnNormalize?
         */
-       if ( dnNormalize( 0, NULL, NULL, &ent.e_name, &ent.e_nname,
-               &op->o_tmpmemctx ) != LDAP_SUCCESS )
-       {
+       rc = dnPrettyNormal( NULL, &dn, &ent.e_name, &ent.e_nname,
+               op->o_tmpmemctx );
+       if ( dn.bv_val != bdn.bv_val ) {
+               free( dn.bv_val );
+       }
+       BER_BVZERO( &dn );
+
+       if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
                return LDAP_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
        }
 
        /*
         * cache dn
         */
-       if ( li->cache.ttl != META_DNCACHE_DISABLED ) {
-               ( void )meta_dncache_update_entry( &li->cache,
+       if ( mi->mi_cache.ttl != META_DNCACHE_DISABLED ) {
+               ( void )meta_dncache_update_entry( &mi->mi_cache,
                                &ent.e_nname, target );
        }
 
@@ -620,39 +974,43 @@ meta_send_entry(
 
        dc.ctx = "searchAttrDN";
        while ( ber_scanf( &ber, "{m", &a ) != LBER_ERROR ) {
-               int             last = 0;
+               int                             last = 0;
+               slap_syntax_validate_func       *validate;
+               slap_syntax_transform_func      *pretty;
 
-               ldap_back_map( &li->targets[ target ]->rwmap.rwm_at, 
+               ldap_back_map( &mi->mi_targets[ target ].mt_rwmap.rwm_at, 
                                &a, &mapped, BACKLDAP_REMAP );
-               if ( mapped.bv_val == NULL || mapped.bv_val[0] == '\0' ) {
+               if ( BER_BVISNULL( &mapped ) || mapped.bv_val[0] == '\0' ) {
+                       ( void )ber_scanf( &ber, "x" /* [W] */ );
                        continue;
                }
-               attr = ( Attribute * )ch_malloc( sizeof( Attribute ) );
+               attr = ( Attribute * )ch_calloc( 1, sizeof( Attribute ) );
                if ( attr == NULL ) {
                        continue;
                }
-               attr->a_flags = 0;
-               attr->a_next = 0;
-               attr->a_desc = NULL;
                if ( slap_bv2ad( &mapped, &attr->a_desc, &text )
                                != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
-                       if ( slap_bv2undef_ad( &mapped, &attr->a_desc, &text ) 
-                                       != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
-#ifdef NEW_LOGGING
-                               LDAP_LOG( BACK_META, DETAIL1,
-                                       "slap_bv2undef_ad(%s): %s\n", mapped.bv_val, text, 0 );
-#else /* !NEW_LOGGING */
-                               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY,
-                                               "slap_bv2undef_ad(%s): "
-                                               "%s\n%s", mapped.bv_val, text, "" );
-#endif /* !NEW_LOGGING */
+                       if ( slap_bv2undef_ad( &mapped, &attr->a_desc, &text,
+                               SLAP_AD_PROXIED ) != LDAP_SUCCESS )
+                       {
+                               char    buf[ SLAP_TEXT_BUFLEN ];
+
+                               snprintf( buf, sizeof( buf ),
+                                       "%s meta_send_entry(\"%s\"): "
+                                       "slap_bv2undef_ad(%s): %s\n",
+                                       op->o_log_prefix, ent.e_name.bv_val,
+                                       mapped.bv_val, text );
+
+                               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "%s", buf, 0, 0 );
                                ch_free( attr );
                                continue;
                        }
                }
 
                /* no subschemaSubentry */
-               if ( attr->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_subschemaSubentry ) {
+               if ( attr->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_subschemaSubentry
+                       || attr->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_entryDN )
+               {
 
                        /* 
                         * We eat target's subschemaSubentry because
@@ -660,6 +1018,10 @@ meta_send_entry(
                         * to resolve to the appropriate backend;
                         * later, the local subschemaSubentry is
                         * added.
+                        *
+                        * We also eat entryDN because the frontend
+                        * will reattach it without checking if already
+                        * present...
                         */
                        ( void )ber_scanf( &ber, "x" /* [W] */ );
 
@@ -668,25 +1030,39 @@ meta_send_entry(
                }
 
                if ( ber_scanf( &ber, "[W]", &attr->a_vals ) == LBER_ERROR 
-                               || attr->a_vals == NULL ) {
-                       attr->a_vals = &dummy;
+                               || attr->a_vals == NULL )
+               {
+                       attr->a_vals = (struct berval *)&slap_dummy_bv;
+
+               } else {
+                       for ( last = 0; !BER_BVISNULL( &attr->a_vals[ last ] ); ++last )
+                               ;
+               }
+
+               validate = attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_syntax->ssyn_validate;
+               pretty = attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_syntax->ssyn_pretty;
 
-               } else if ( attr->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_objectClass
-                               || attr->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_structuralObjectClass ) {
+               if ( !validate && !pretty ) {
+                       attr_free( attr );
+                       goto next_attr;
+               }
 
-                       for ( last = 0; attr->a_vals[ last ].bv_val; ++last );
+               if ( attr->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_objectClass
+                               || attr->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_structuralObjectClass )
+               {
+                       struct berval   *bv;
 
-                       for ( bv = attr->a_vals; bv->bv_val; bv++ ) {
-                               ldap_back_map( &li->targets[ target ]->rwmap.rwm_oc,
+                       for ( bv = attr->a_vals; !BER_BVISNULL( bv ); bv++ ) {
+                               ldap_back_map( &mi->mi_targets[ target ].mt_rwmap.rwm_oc,
                                                bv, &mapped, BACKLDAP_REMAP );
-                               if ( mapped.bv_val == NULL || mapped.bv_val[0] == '\0') {
+                               if ( BER_BVISNULL( &mapped ) || mapped.bv_val[0] == '\0') {
                                        free( bv->bv_val );
-                                       bv->bv_val = NULL;
+                                       BER_BVZERO( bv );
                                        if ( --last < 0 ) {
                                                break;
                                        }
                                        *bv = attr->a_vals[ last ];
-                                       attr->a_vals[ last ].bv_val = NULL;
+                                       BER_BVZERO( &attr->a_vals[ last ] );
                                        bv--;
 
                                } else if ( mapped.bv_val != bv->bv_val ) {
@@ -705,69 +1081,102 @@ meta_send_entry(
                 * ACLs to the target directory server, and letting
                 * everything pass thru the ldap backend.
                 */
-               } else if ( attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_syntax ==
-                               slap_schema.si_syn_distinguishedName ) {
-                       ldap_dnattr_result_rewrite( &dc, attr->a_vals );
+               } else {
+                       int     i;
+
+                       if ( attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_syntax ==
+                               slap_schema.si_syn_distinguishedName )
+                       {
+                               ldap_dnattr_result_rewrite( &dc, attr->a_vals );
+
+                       } else if ( attr->a_desc == slap_schema.si_ad_ref ) {
+                               ldap_back_referral_result_rewrite( &dc, attr->a_vals );
+
+                       }
+
+                       for ( i = 0; i < last; i++ ) {
+                               struct berval   pval;
+                               int             rc;
+
+                               if ( pretty ) {
+                                       rc = pretty( attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_syntax,
+                                               &attr->a_vals[i], &pval, NULL );
+
+                               } else {
+                                       rc = validate( attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_syntax,
+                                               &attr->a_vals[i] );
+                               }
+
+                               if ( rc ) {
+                                       LBER_FREE( attr->a_vals[i].bv_val );
+                                       if ( --last == i ) {
+                                               BER_BVZERO( &attr->a_vals[ i ] );
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+                                       attr->a_vals[i] = attr->a_vals[last];
+                                       BER_BVZERO( &attr->a_vals[last] );
+                                       i--;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+
+                               if ( pretty ) {
+                                       LBER_FREE( attr->a_vals[i].bv_val );
+                                       attr->a_vals[i] = pval;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if ( last == 0 && attr->a_vals != &slap_dummy_bv ) {
+                               attr_free( attr );
+                               goto next_attr;
+                       }
                }
 
                if ( last && attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_equality &&
-                       attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_equality->smr_normalize ) {
+                       attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_equality->smr_normalize )
+               {
                        int i;
 
-                       attr->a_nvals = ch_malloc((last + 1)*sizeof(struct berval));
+                       attr->a_nvals = ch_malloc( ( last + 1 ) * sizeof( struct berval ) );
                        for ( i = 0; i<last; i++ ) {
                                attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_equality->smr_normalize(
                                        SLAP_MR_VALUE_OF_ATTRIBUTE_SYNTAX,
                                        attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_syntax,
                                        attr->a_desc->ad_type->sat_equality,
                                        &attr->a_vals[i], &attr->a_nvals[i],
-                                       op->o_tmpmemctx );
+                                       NULL );
                        }
-                       attr->a_nvals[i].bv_val = NULL;
-                       attr->a_nvals[i].bv_len = 0;
+                       BER_BVZERO( &attr->a_nvals[i] );
+
                } else {
                        attr->a_nvals = attr->a_vals;
                }
 
                *attrp = attr;
                attrp = &attr->a_next;
+next_attr:;
        }
        rs->sr_entry = &ent;
-       rs->sr_attrs = op->oq_search.rs_attrs;
-       send_search_entry( op, rs );
+       rs->sr_attrs = op->ors_attrs;
+       rs->sr_flags = 0;
+       rc = send_search_entry( op, rs );
+       switch ( rc ) {
+       case LDAP_UNAVAILABLE:
+               rc = LDAP_OTHER;
+               break;
+       }
        rs->sr_entry = NULL;
        rs->sr_attrs = NULL;
-       while ( ent.e_attrs ) {
-               attr = ent.e_attrs;
-               ent.e_attrs = attr->a_next;
-               if ( attr->a_vals != &dummy ) {
-                       ber_bvarray_free( attr->a_vals );
-               }
-               free( attr );
-       }
        
-       if ( ent.e_dn && ent.e_dn != bdn.bv_val ) {
-               free( ent.e_dn );
+       if ( !BER_BVISNULL( &ent.e_name ) ) {
+               free( ent.e_name.bv_val );
+               BER_BVZERO( &ent.e_name );
        }
-       if ( ent.e_ndn ) {
-               free( ent.e_ndn );
+       if ( !BER_BVISNULL( &ent.e_nname ) ) {
+               free( ent.e_nname.bv_val );
+               BER_BVZERO( &ent.e_nname );
        }
+       entry_clean( &ent );
 
-       return LDAP_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static int
-is_one_level_rdn(
-               const char      *rdn,
-               int             from
-)
-{
-       for ( ; from--; ) {
-               if ( DN_SEPARATOR( rdn[ from ] ) ) {
-                       return 0;
-               }
-       }
-
-       return 1;
+       return rc;
 }