Hi, So I was trying to do the following search, (&(automountMapName=auto*)(objectClass=automountMap)) It logs the following though, slapd[5205]: conn=258105 op=9 SRCH base="ou=automount,ou=system,dc=XXX,dc=XXX,dc=XXX" scope=2 deref=2 filter="(&(?automountMapName=auto*)(objectClass=automountMap))" If you do this search (&(automountMapName=*)(objectClass=automountMap)) slapd[5205]: conn=258174 op=1 SRCH base="ou=automount,ou=system,dc=XXX,dc=XXX,dc=XXX" scope=2 deref=0 filter="(&(automountMapName=*)(objectClass=automountMap))" This is the schema definition on the server (rfc2307bis), attributeType ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.31 NAME 'automountMapName' DESC 'automount Map Name' EQUALITY caseExactIA5Match SUBSTR caseExactIA5SubstringsMatch SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE ) My feeling is that caseExactIA5SubstringsMatch is doing something very wrong here. Shouldn't slapd be returning a error not injecting a ? in my search. Thanks, derek Derek Yarnell UNIX Systems Administrator University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies