--- nss_ldap-250/nss_ldap.5.bind_policy_soft	2006-04-27 03:19:00.000000000 +0200
+++ nss_ldap-250/nss_ldap.5	2006-05-02 18:11:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -291,18 +291,21 @@
 .I
 LDAP
 server. The default is
+.B soft
+, where
+.B nss_ldap
+will return immediately on server failure. All "hard" reconnect
+policies block with exponential backoff before retrying.
+If
 .B hard_open,
-which reconnects if opening the connection to the directory server
+is specified, then
+.B nss_ldap
+reconnects if opening the connection to the directory server
 failed. By contrast,
 .B hard_init
 reconnects if initializing the connection failed. Initializing may not
 actually contact the directory server, and it is possible that a
 malformed configuration file will trigger reconnection. If
-.B soft
-is specified, then
-.B nss_ldap
-will return immediately on server failure. All "hard" reconnect
-policies block with exponential backoff before retrying.
 .TP
 .B nss_connect_policy <persist|oneshot>
 Determines whether nss_ldap persists connections. The default
--- nss_ldap-250/util.c.bind_policy_soft	2006-04-27 03:19:00.000000000 +0200
+++ nss_ldap-250/util.c	2006-05-02 14:27:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
   result->ldc_tls_key = NULL;
   result->ldc_tls_randfile = NULL;
   result->ldc_idle_timelimit = 0;
-  result->ldc_reconnect_pol = LP_RECONNECT_HARD_OPEN;
+  result->ldc_reconnect_pol = LP_RECONNECT_SOFT;
   result->ldc_sasl_secprops = NULL;
   result->ldc_srv_domain = NULL;
   result->ldc_logdir = NULL;