Reading up on LDAP I decided to set it up on my workstation and of course I got stuck. Here is the pertinant data. Looks simple enough and checked all configs as per reference below but ended up with several errors. version: SuSE rpm OpenLDAP2.0.7 install ref: http://www2.linuxjournal.com/articles/linux_review/0030.html /etc/openldap/sldap.conf _______________________________________________________________________________ # $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/servers/slapd/slapd.conf,v 1.8.8.4 2000/08/26 17:06:18 kurt Exp $ # # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. # This file should NOT be world readable. # include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema #netscape req'd include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema #netscape req'd # Define global ACLs to disable default read access. # Do not enable referrals until AFTER you have a working directory # service AND an understanding of referrals. #referral ldap://root.openldap.org pidfile /var/run/slapd.pid argsfile /var/run/slapd.args # Load dynamic backend modules: # modulepath /usr/lib/openldap/openldap # moduleload back_ldap.la # moduleload back_ldbm.la # moduleload back_passwd.la # moduleload back_shell.la ####################################################################### # ldbm database definitions ####################################################################### database ldbm suffix "dc=my-domain, dc=com" suffix "o=myaddressbook, c=CA" rootdn "cn=root, o=myaddressbook, c=CA" #rootdn "cn=Manager, o=My Organization Name, c=US" # Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should # be avoid. See slappasswd(8) and slapd.conf(5) for details. # Use of strong authentication encouraged. rootpw xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # The database directory MUST exist prior to running slapd AND # should only be accessable by the slapd/tools. Mode 700 recommended. directory /var/lib/ldap # Indices to maintain index objectClass eq access to dn=".*,o=myaddressbook,c=CA" (LINE 44:) by anonymous read (LINE 45:) ____________________________________________________________________________ Lines 44-45 are added as per reference to allow for testing from Netscape Address Book Starting the ldap server gives the following error: Starting ldap-server./etc/openldap/slapd.conf: line 44: warning: no by clause(s) specified in access line /etc/openldap/slapd.conf: line 45: unknown directive "by" in ldbm database definition (ignored) The line suffix "dc=my-domain, dc=com" is the slalp.conf file does not make sense to me even though the reference provides no instruction to remove it. Removing that line item however produces the same error as above. Then of course when loading the testdata.ldif gives using the command: ldapadd -D "cn=root, o=myaddressbook" c=CA" -W -v -f testdata.ldif gives the following error once the password is added: ldap_initialize( <DEFAULT> ) Enter LDAP Password: ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: No such object Any suggestions as to where Im going wrong would be greatly appreciated. Best and thanks Chris