[root@roadrunner openldap]# rpm -qa|grep sasl cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-4 cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-4 cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-4 cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-4 I mentioned that the md5 password for the rootdn does indeed work in my "luma" ldap browser/editor as well with ldapsearch non-anonymously. On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Chapman, Kyle wrote: Is the digest-md5 or other sasl mechs installed (some distros did the mechs as sep rpms, don't recall what RH did)? Can you do any sasl binds with ldapsearch with the dn of: cn=waltz_shelley,dc=cabm.rutgers,dc=edu