> kb9vqf at pearsoncomputing.net wrote: > Ok - try this - /usr/lib/dirsrv/slapd-yourinstance/start-slapd -d 1 Thank you for the -d 1 option--dirsrv finally told me what is wrong: Error - Problem accessing the lockfile /var/lock/dirsrv/slapd-odin/lock [02/Feb/2009:12:56:53 -0600] - Shutting down due to possible conflicts with other slapd processes Sure beats 8 hours of trial and error... Tim