Hello Friends, Please let me know how to delete/flush complete LDAP database ? I tried deleting all files from /var/openldap-data. but still top level data base attributes remains. initially I had set shadowExpire,shadowFlag etc, I want to remove all these. Kindly help me to build my new database. LDAP server log for your reference. ber_dump: buf=0x9a0ba80 ptr=0x9a0bab5 end=0x9a0bb3d len=136  0000:  00 81 85 04 04 68 6f 73  74 04 11 61 75 74 68 6f   .....host..autho  0010:  72 69 7a 65 64 53 65 72  76 69 63 65 04 0c 73 68   rizedService..sh  0020:  61 64 6f 77 45 78 70 69  72 65 04 0a 73 68 61 64   adowExpire..shad  0030:  6f 77 46 6c 61 67 04 0e  73 68 61 64 6f 77 49 6e   owFlag..shadowIn  0040:  61 63 74 69 76 65 04 10  73 68 61 64 6f 77 4c 61   active..shadowLa  0050:  73 74 43 68 61 6e 67 65  04 09 73 68 61 64 6f 77   stChange..shadow  0060:  4d 61 78 04 09 73 68 61  64 6f 77 4d 69 6e 04 0d   Max..shadowMin..  0070:  73 68 61 64 6f 77 57 61  72 6e 69 6e 67 04 09 75   shadowWarning..u  0080:  69 64 4e 75 6d 62 65 72                            idNumber Thanks and Regards,Vijay S.