Full_Name: Steve Wills Version: 2.3.19 OS: Fedora URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ Submission from: (NULL) (65.15.231.202) The slapcat man page says in the Limitations section: In general, your slapd(8) should not be running (at least, not in read-write mode) when you do this to ensure consistency of the database. However, I've been told several times that this only applies to ldbm and not bdb. Not sure about other types, but it would be good to clarify this section.