Quoting Paul Duffy <paduffy@cisco.com>: 1. Shutdown slapd 2. Cd to your database directory 3. ldbmcat -n id2entry.dbb > /tmp/full_database.ldif 4. rm * 5. ldif2ldbm -i /tmp/full_database.ldif 6. Start slapd Beware though, if your database isn't in full working order, it might 'mess up things'...