From 25441e5f7f562436a0ddb47da7657efdda6edb1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierangelo Masarati Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 12:37:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] better document size/time limits (ITS#6127) --- doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5 | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5 index cd3f6c340d..e4b43af6b0 100644 --- a/doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5 +++ b/doc/man/man5/ldap.conf.5 @@ -186,14 +186,17 @@ Note that the command line tools .\"Determines whether the library should implicitly restart connections (FIXME). .TP .B SIZELIMIT -Specifies a size limit to use when performing searches. The -number should be a non-negative integer. \fISIZELIMIT\fP of zero (0) -specifies unlimited search size. +Specifies a size limit (number of entries) to use when performing searches. +The number should be a non-negative integer. \fISIZELIMIT\fP of zero (0) +specifies a request for unlimited search size. Please note that the server +may still apply any server-side limit on the amount of entries that can be +returned by a search operation. .TP .B TIMELIMIT -Specifies a time limit to use when performing searches. The -number should be a non-negative integer. \fITIMELIMIT\fP of zero (0) -specifies unlimited search time to be used. +Specifies a time limit (in seconds) to use when performing searches. +The number should be a non-negative integer. \fITIMELIMIT\fP of zero (0) +specifies unlimited search time to be used. Please note that the server +may still apply any server-side limit on the duration of a search operation. .B VERSION {2|3} Specifies what version of the LDAP protocol should be used. .TP -- 2.39.5