as far as a front-end for openldap... we'd really like to find an open source solution.. or at the very least, one specifically written for the Linux OS. TIA, J. Joshua S. Freeman - Asst. Dir. of IT, Applications Support American Museum of Natural History - CPW at 79th St., NYC 10024 email: jfreeman@amnh.org web: http://www.amnh.org/ desk: (212) 496.3573 mobile: (917) 502.0738 skytel: (888) 562.5844