Full_Name: Mark A. Ziesemer Version: 2.4.21 OS: Ubuntu Linux URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ Submission from: (NULL) (2001:470:1f11:3ae:4d06:cdd1:50ce:9c64) While using the "cn=config" configuration, I found that "cn=config" is also the default olcRootDN. By just configuring a olcRootPW , login to the config database is possible using "cn=config" and the configured olcRootPW. This default should be documented in the admin guide, etc. IRC user hyc on #openldap mentioned "it's been the default since 2005", but "I can't find the reference either, perhaps we lost it."