> do you mean for normal user auth? or standard ldap clients? > check padl.com for the user auth module I've just added a complete NSS_LDAP section on AIX to my LDAP presentation. ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/ldapv3.pdf We are using the current release of nss_ldap from PADL on an IBM RS/6000 p610 AIX 5.1L (with the Linux Toolbox). It works great.