Thanks for you help. At the end of the slapd.l.log there is the following error: bdb_dn2entry("dc=example,dc=com") <= key_change 0 => key_change(ADD,a) bdb_idl_insert_key: a [8ce7eb72] search_candidates: base="dc=example,dc=com" (0x00000001) scope=2 <= key_change 0 => key_change(ADD,a) ch_malloc of 8388608 bytes failed Assertioinsert_key:, fil7b0ch_ma loc.c, line 57 <= key_c