I just disabled IPv6 completely - the network is v4 only anyway - resulting in these netstat output: Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:389 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2623/ns-slapd tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:636 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2623/ns-slapd remote clients cannot connect anyway, nmap states the port not open :( -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users