Hi Rich, I can access the admin-server again with startconsole after having changed admin-serv/config/adm.conf and shared/config/dbswitch.conf. What exactly does "Secure Connection" in the admin-server console ConfigurationDS tab do? And why would this break the startup of startconsole? And what exactly does the "Use SSL in Fedora Console" setting in the Encryption tab of the Directory server console do? Another question I have about multi-master replication. If you create the same replication manager entry with the same password on the replication nodes, why is it necessary to have the same directory manager entry and the same password? I thought the same replication mgr entry would be sufficient Thanks again, Jo