FDS is running as nobody UID - I checked off in console to run with SSL eneabled, ignored warning about only root can run ports < 1024 restarted server - you know what happened next ;-) OK so I have it turned off and server back up and running. 1. Following instructions on wiki... http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Howto:SSL # ./ldapsearch -b "dc=clsurvey,dc=com" -x -ZZ '(uid=jim)' SSL initialization failed: error -8192 (An I/O error occurred during security authorization.) 2. My guess is that is because SSL isn't on. How do I deal with running as UID nobody and SSL ? Craig