Rich Megginson wrote: >> ======================== >> ldapmodify -a -B "dc=bbk,dc=ac,dc=uk" > Why are you using the -B option here? In mozldap ldapmodify, -B means > "bulk online import" which means > 1) wipe out the database > 2) use the database import code to import the given LDIF That's my error! A simple typo. Probably the result of my habit of cutting and pasting commands from one place to another. One of those things that I didn't spot in two days of worrying about the command because when I looked at it I must have assumed it said what I intended it to say rather than what it actually said. Thanks!