Hi List After having installed Directory Server with no problems and created a test user account I then go ahead to configure a client to test the authentication to my new directory server, sadly after a reboot I can't login with my new user account that I created, I have spent a few days reading up about what the problem may be but until now I have had very little joy. If I try ldapsearch -v then I get error message: SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started Ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s:unknown authentication method (-6) additional info: SASL(-4): no mechanism available: If i use ldapsearch -x then I get the output of a ldif file with all groups, users and domains available so there is apparently nothing rong with the communication, I truly belive that this is a security problem that sits somewhere but I have no idea. Could anyone give me some pointers to how I could fix this problem? Regards Per Qvindesland