jamsda wrote: > Thanks for the response Mike!! > > I attached dse.ldif.testhost1 and dse.ldif.testhost2. > One thing I already noticed after doing a diff is a > difference on "modifiersName" on testhost1: > > modifiersName: > uid=admin,ou=administrators,ou=topologymanagement,o=netscaperoot > > compared to "modifiersName" on testhost2: > > modifiersName: cn=directory manager > Hi, Doesn't matter. I think you have either DNS or shell escaping problems, but it could also be a bug in one of the perl modules when using strange hostnames like you do. Are you able to resolve all hostnames used from all machines involved? BR, Mike -- http://www.netauth.com - LDAP Directory Consulting