Works with -x.&nbsp; Thanks much.<br><br>Also, how do you empty the database and start again from scratch<br>with an empty database ?&nbsp; I stopped ldap, deleted a file in, and moved the<br>other files in /var/lib/ldap.<br><br>Then started ldap and tried the ldapadd commnd again and got<br>the error:<br>Can't contact LDAP server<br><br>turns out that I can't get the server to start now<br><br><b><i>Buchan Milne &lt;bgmilne@staff.telkomsa.net&gt;</i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">Add -x, as you are doing a simple bind (-D, -W).<br></blockquote> <p>&#32;
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