> grep \^User /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/console.conf > ls -al /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv Ok, I think we are on the right track, thank you for pointing out this config file. [scarolan@newldap6 ~]$ grep \^User /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/console.conf User nobody [scarolan@newldap6 ~]$ ls -al /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv total 56 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 23 16:21 . drwxrwxr-x 7 root ldap 4096 Mar 23 15:49 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3984 Mar 23 15:29 adm.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3984 Sep 4 2008 admserv.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4033 Sep 4 2008 console.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27000 Sep 4 2008 httpd.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4548 Sep 4 2008 nss.conf The username we used to install FDS was "ldap" instead of "nobody". What should the settings be to enable the server to start? -- Fedora-directory-users mailing list Fedora-directory-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users