Geert Van Muylem wrote: > > I have downloaded OpenLDAP 1.2.11 version. > [..] > I experience some problems reading the rootDSE Since 1.2.x is a LDAPv2 server it has no RootDSE. Download openldap-2.0beta instead. > (namingContexts attribute) If you just want to read the base DNs you can read and parse "cn=config" like on most UMich-derived servers. Ciao, Michael.