According to my man page (nss_ldap, admittedly on 5.0) ssl has these options: ssl <on|off|start_tls> so "no" might be wrong. Yours Faye Robert Burch wrote: > ssl no -- --------------------------------------------------------- Faye Gibbins, Computing Officer (Infrastructure Services) GeoS KB; Linux, Unix, Security and Networks. Beekeeper - The Apiary Project, KB - www.bees.ed.ac.uk --------------------------------------------------------- I grabbed at spannungsbogen before I knew I wanted it. The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.