The problem was due to the buggy phtreads implementation in glibc inb Red Hat linux 5.1. (http://www.openldap.com/faq/index.cgi?file=92&showLastModified=1) I upgraded glibc, recompiled, and that fixed it... --G ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guillermo Payet voice: 831.466.0700 O C E A N G R O U P http://www.oceangroup.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~