OK, I think you spotted a bug, good catch! Please test by applying the following patch to HEAD (shoudl be fine for 2.3.4 as well): cvs -z3 diff -u -r 1.107 -r 1.108 servers/slapd/passwd.c Thanks, p. -- Pierangelo Masarati mailto:pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it SysNet - via Dossi,8 27100 Pavia Tel: +390382573859 Fax: +390382476497