At 03:29 PM 8/15/99 GMT, Frank-Christian Kruegel wrote: >rootdn "cn=root, dc=istda, dc=com" ^^^^^^^ >[root@unknown openldap]# /usr/local/bin/ldapadd -D "cn=Manager, dc=istda, ^^^^^^^^^^ >dc=com" -W You must use the rootdn to add initial entries. Kurt