Nathan, I'm not sure if it matters what directory the agent is invoked from but the results are the same, if invoked with a full path, or if already in the bin/slapd/server directory: # cat /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/config/ldap-agent.conf server /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/logs # ./ldap-agent /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/config/ldap-agent.conf ldap-agent: Error opening server config file: /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/logs/config/dse.ldif # cat /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/config/ldap-agent.conf server /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance # ./ldap-agent /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instance/config/ldap-agent.conf ldap-agent: Started as pid 25012 And a minor nit, the documentation talks about ldapagent and the binary is actually ldap-agent. Kevin -- Kevin M. Myer Senior Systems Administrator Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 http://www.iu13.org