syncrepl needs no updatedn, and what you report above is the expected behavior.
So with syncrepl there is no way to do consumer updates?
Did you happen to read the admin guide or slapd.conf(5) about sync replication?
Yes, I read both several times this morning. Its definitely not the easiest documentation to read - too much detail on the protocol/design and very little info on the usage and configuration. After reading both I could not find an answer to my question. And after trying and failing I did a few google searches that led to conflicting results and more suggestions that did not work.
Thanks,
John