OpenLDAP only synchronizes 500 user

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Problem

Crowd only limit the synchronization of users from OpenLDAP to 500 users

The following appears in the atlassian-crowd.log during synchronization

1 2017-11-17 10:29:52,384 Caesium-2-2 INFO [directory.ldap.cache.RemoteDirectoryCacheRefresher] found [ 500 ] remote users in [ 16 ms ]

Diagnosis

Check if the olcSizeLimit has been set

Resolution

Ensure that that the olcSizeLimit has been set to a number bigger than the number of users being synchronized

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 cat > sizelimit.ldif dn: cn=config changetype: modify replace: olcSizeLimit olcSizeLimit: 10000 ldapmodify -Q -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -f sizelimit.ldif
Updated on April 8, 2025

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