I've configured slapd, have it running. According to my debug log I've loaded some data into my slapd database. When I do a slapcat though: {0}:vampire:/home/rharris>slapcat -v slapcat: could not open database. {1}:vampire:/home/rharris>sudo slapcat -v Password: slapcat: could not open database. {1}:vampire:/home/rharris>sudo slapcat slapcat: could not open database.