set_ldap_timeout

Use the set_ldap_timeout command to set the time-out interval used by LDAP commands. LDAP commands are ADEdit commands such as select_zone that perform read/write operations on Active Directory through a binding. The time-out value controls how long these commands will wait for a response before declaring a time-out and ceasing operation.

The default value is five minutes.

Zone Type

Not applicable

Syntax

set_ldap_timeout timeout_in_seconds

Abbreviation

None.

Options

This command takes no options.

Arguments

This command takes the following argument:

Argument	Type	Description
timeout_in_seconds	integer	Required. Specifies the number of seconds to wait for a response from Active Directory before ending an operation. The default value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

Return Value

This command returns nothing if it runs successfully.

Examples

set_ldap_timeout 120

This example sets the LDAP time-out interval to 120 seconds (2 minutes).