Well, I blew something. http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/8.1/admin/images/replagmt1.png When I got to this point I did not see at the bottom the subtree "dc=example,dc=com" I saw "NetscapeRoot" Which means when I asked the other question about whether to choose "NetscapeRoot" or "userRoot", the answer must have been "neither". But those were the only two choices I had. My replication failed with error 6. No such replica. I'll go back and retrace my steps tomorrow - getting too late for this right now. -- ?Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV? - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"