Hi Im hoping this question has not been asked before but I cant find the mailing list archives to confirm .. do they exist? Anyway .. I am trying to close down idle client connections that have been idle for 30 minutes a quick check of the directory server admin guide and the code confirms that a setting for nsslapd-idletimeout: 1800 should do the trick under cn=config. Not so it seems! I am expecting to see the socket closed down after 30 minutes of inactivity .. I can confirm that this is not taking place with a simple tcp dump running on the directory server machine. Have I misunderstood what this option does? Many thanks Anthony -- Anthony Mizon, <amizon at saviso.com> http://www.saviso.com Tel: +44 (0) 845 00 66 515 Fax: +44 (0) 845 00 66 525 Mobile: +44 (0) 7968 070 117 Saviso Consulting Limited, St. John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS