So I'm just about to finish getting Windows Sync working between RH Directory Server 7.1SP3 and Active Directory. The latest error message in the passsync log says "insufficient access", so I create an ACI that gives the replication manager access to everything, just to see if it will work. Nope. So I think, maybe I have to restart the Directory Server. And then it fails to restart, logging the error message: SSL alert: CERT_VerifyCertificateNow: verify certificate failed for cert server-cert of family cn=RSA,cn=encryption,cn=cconfig (Netscape Portable Runtime error -8181 - Peer's Certificate has expired.) Yeah, right. Here's a copy of the certificate: [root at ourserver alias]# ./certutil -L -d ./ -n server-cert Certificate: Data: Version: 3 (0x2) Serial Number: 16:43:78:57:00:00:00:00:00:0e Signature Algorithm: PKCS #1 SHA-1 With RSA Encryption Issuer: "CN=OURCA,DC=ad,DC=ourshop,DC=edu" Validity: Not Before: Tue Nov 14 22:50:17 2006 Not After : Thu Nov 13 22:50:17 2008 ... Now, I'll grant you that this little synchronization exercise FEELS like it has gone on for more than two years, but according to the certificate, it has taken barely two months so far, leaving the certificate good for another 22 months. Once again, the SSL error message seems to have little to do with reality. I just restarted the server three hours earlier, and it worked fine then. Can anyone suggest what I might try now? Thanks. -Glenn.