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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ldap.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ldap.xml index f41f77d138..0bef2b366b 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ldap.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ldap.xml @@ -631,11 +631,24 @@ connection client certificates.</description> <contextlist><context>server config</context></contextlist> <usage> - <p>Specifies the timeout value (in seconds) in which the module will - attempt to connect to the LDAP server. If a connection is not - successful with the timeout period, either an error will be - returned or the module will attempt to connect to a secondary LDAP - server if one is specified. The default is 10 seconds.</p> + <p>This directive configures the LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT option in the + underlying LDAP client library, when available. This value typically + controls how long the LDAP client library will wait for various network + calls to complete, including establishing a connection to the target LDAP + server.</p> + + <p> If a connection is not successful with the timeout period, either an error will be + returned or the LDAP client library will attempt to connect to a secondary LDAP + server if one is specified (via a space-separated list of hostnames in the + <directive module="mod_ldap">AuthLDAPURL</directive>).</p> + + <p>The default is 10 seconds, if the LDAP client library linked with the + server supports the LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT option.</p> + + <note>LDAPConnectionTimeout is only available when the LDAP client library linked + with the server supports the LDAP_OPT_NETWORK_TIMEOUT option, and the + ultimate behavior is dictated entirely by the LDAP client library. + </note> </usage> </directivesynopsis> |