more intuitive special limits configuration

doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5

@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ limit is used; if the requested time limit exceedes the
 limit, an "Unwilling to perform" is returned.
 If the
 .BR hard
-limit is set to zero, the soft limit is used in either case;
-if it is set to -1, no hard limit is enforced.
+limit is set to 0 or to the keyword "soft", the soft limit is used 
+in either case; if it is set to -1 or to the keyword "none", 
+no hard limit is enforced.
 Explicit requests for time limits smaller or equal to the
 .BR hard 
 limit are honored.
@@ -207,8 +208,9 @@ limit is used; if the requested size limit exceedes the
 limit, an "Unwilling to perform" is returned.
 If the 
 .BR hard
-limit is set to zero, the soft limit is used in either case;
-if it is set to -1, no hard limit is enforced.
+limit is set to 0 or to the keyword "soft", the soft limit is used 
+in either case; if it is set to -1 or to the keyword "none", 
+no hard limit is enforced.
 Explicit requests for size limits smaller or equal to the
 .BR hard
 limit are honored.
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ to examine.
 If the selected candidates exceed the 
 .BR unchecked
 limit, the search will abort with "Unwilling to perform".
+If it is set to -1 or to the keyword "none", no limit is applied (the default).
 If no flag is set, the value is assigned to the
 .BR soft 
 limit, and the

servers/slapd/limits.c

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ get_limits(
 			break;
 
 		case SLAP_LIMITS_REGEX:
-			if ( regexec( &lm[0]->lm_dn_regex, ndn, 0, NULL, 0) == 0 ) {
+			if ( regexec( &lm[0]->lm_dn_regex, ndn, 0, NULL, 0 ) == 0 ) {
 				*limit = &lm[0]->lm_limits;
 				return( 0 );
 			}
@@ -264,7 +264,13 @@ parse_limit(
 					return( 1 );
 				}
 				arg++;
-				limit->lms_t_hard = atoi( arg );
+				if ( strcasecmp( arg, "soft" ) == 0 ) {
+					limit->lms_t_hard = 0;
+				} else if ( strcasecmp( arg, "none" ) == 0 ) {
+					limit->lms_t_hard = -1;
+				} else {
+					limit->lms_t_hard = atoi( arg );
+				}
 				
 			} else {
 				return( 1 );
@@ -297,7 +303,13 @@ parse_limit(
 					return( 1 );
 				}
 				arg++;
-				limit->lms_s_hard = atoi( arg );
+				if ( strcasecmp( arg, "soft" ) == 0 ) {
+					limit->lms_s_hard = 0;
+				} else if ( strcasecmp( arg, "none" ) == 0 ) {
+					limit->lms_s_hard = -1;
+				} else {
+					limit->lms_s_hard = atoi( arg );
+				}
 				
 			} else if ( strncasecmp( arg, "unchecked", 9 ) == 0 ) {
 				arg += 9;
@@ -305,7 +317,11 @@ parse_limit(
 					return( 1 );
 				}
 				arg++;
-				limit->lms_s_unchecked = atoi( arg );
+				if ( strcasecmp( arg, "none" ) == 0 ) {
+					limit->lms_s_unchecked = -1;
+				} else {
+					limit->lms_s_unchecked = atoi( arg );
+				}
 				
 			} else {
 				return( 1 );