I know it is not recommended, but this system is halfway between testing
and production and I haven't gotten around to setting up a separate
account for replication. I just wanted to get replication working, then
worry about doing it the right way. Plus, we kind of got pushed into
implementing our LDAP server before we had time to test everything. I
have been chasing other more critical problems and using the rootdn was
the easy way to get something working. I know that using the rootdn for
replication is not recommended, but it shouldn't be causing the problem I
am currently experiencing, should it?