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+<samba:parameter name="ldap connection timeout"
+ context="G"
+ advanced="1" developer="1"
+ type="integer"
+ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+ <para>
+ This parameter tells the LDAP library calls which timeout in seconds
+ they should honor during initial connection establishments to LDAP servers.
+ It is very useful in failover scenarios in particular. If one or more LDAP
+ servers are not reachable at all, we do not have to wait until TCP
+ timeouts are over. This feature must be supported by your LDAP library.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This parameter is different from <smbconfoption name="ldap timeout"/>
+ which affects operations on LDAP servers using an existing connection
+ and not establishing an initial connection.
+ </para>
+</description>
+<value type="default">2</value>
+</samba:parameter>