All, Any help would be great in resolving the following. I am installing, as the subject states, OpenLDAP_2.4.32 on a CentOS 5.8 x86_64 bit machine(VM). When running the 'make test', it runs for about 30-minutes (it seems) then it bombs out with the following error: running defines.sh Starting slapd on TCP/IP port 9011... Running ldapadd to build slapd config database... ldapadd failed (21)! (exit 21) make[2]: *** [hdb-mod] Error 21 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/downloads/openldap-2.4.32/tests' make[1]: *** [test] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/downloads/openldap-2.4.32/tests' make: *** [test] Error 2 Looking in the testrun directory for any clues, I find: Test.out: # cat test.out ldap_add: Invalid syntax (21) additional info: objectClass: value #1 invalid per syntax adding new entry "olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config" adding new entry "olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config" adding new entry "olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config" Then, in the slapd.1.log file: 504a441d conn=1001 op=2 do_add ber_scanf fmt ({m) ber: 504a441d conn=1001 op=2 do_add: dn (olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config) ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt (}) ber: 504a441d >>> dnPrettyNormal: <olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config> => ldap_bv2dn(olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config,0) <= ldap_bv2dn(olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config)=0 => ldap_dn2bv(272) <= ldap_dn2bv(olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config)=0 => ldap_dn2bv(272) <= ldap_dn2bv(olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config)=0 504a441d <<< dnPrettyNormal: <olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config>, <olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config> 504a441d conn=1001 op=2 ADD dn="olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config" 504a441d oc_check_required entry (olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config), objectClass "olcMemberOf" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "objectClass" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcOverlay" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcMemberOfRefInt" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcMemberOfGroupOC" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcMemberOfMemberAD" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcMemberOfMemberOfAD" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "structuralObjectClass" 504a441d slap_queue_csn: queing 0x4362d690 20120907185941.705554Z#000000#000#000000 504a441d ldif_back_add: "olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config" 504a441d oc_check_required entry (olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config), objectClass "olcMemberOf" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "objectClass" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcOverlay" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcMemberOfRefInt" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcMemberOfGroupOC" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcMemberOfMemberAD" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "olcMemberOfMemberOfAD" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "structuralObjectClass" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "entryUUID" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "creatorsName" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "createTimestamp" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "entryCSN" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "modifiersName" 504a441d oc_check_allowed type "modifyTimestamp" 504a441d ldif_read_file: entry file exists: "/root/downloads/openldap-2.4.32/tests/testrun/confdir/cn=config/olcDatabase ={1}hdb.ldif" 504a441d ldif_write_entry: wrote entry "olcOverlay={0}memberof,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config" 504a441d ldif_back_add: err: 0 text: 504a441d send_ldap_result: conn=1001 op=2 p=3 504a441d send_ldap_result: err=0 matched="" text="" 504a441d send_ldap_result: conn=1001 op=2 p=3 504a441d send_ldap_result: err=0 matched="" text="" 504a441d send_ldap_response: msgid=3 tag=105 err=0 ber_flush2: 14 bytes to sd 8 504a441d conn=1001 op=2 RESULT tag=105 err=0 text= 504a441d slap_graduate_commit_csn: removing 0x51f0320 20120907185941.705554Z#000000#000#000000 504a441d connection_get(8) 504a441d connection_get(8): got connid=1001 504a441d connection_read(8): checking for input on id=1001 ber_get_next ber_get_next: tag 0x30 len 180 contents: 504a441d op tag 0x68, time 1347044381 ber_get_next 504a441d conn=1001 op=3 do_add ber_scanf fmt ({m) ber: 504a441d conn=1001 op=3 do_add: dn (olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config) ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt ({m{W}}) ber: ber_scanf fmt (}) ber: 504a441d >>> dnPrettyNormal: <olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config> => ldap_bv2dn(olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config,0) <= ldap_bv2dn(olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config)=0 => ldap_dn2bv(272) <= ldap_dn2bv(olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config)=0 => ldap_dn2bv(272) <= ldap_dn2bv(olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config)=0 504a441d <<< dnPrettyNormal: <olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config>, <olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config> 504a441d conn=1001 op=3 ADD dn="olcOverlay={1}refint,olcDatabase={1}hdb,cn=config" 504a441d send_ldap_result: conn=1001 op=3 p=3 504a441d send_ldap_result: err=21 matched="" text="objectClass: value #1 invalid per syntax" 504a441d send_ldap_response: msgid=4 tag=105 err=21 ber_flush2: 54 bytes to sd 8 504a441d conn=1001 op=3 RESULT tag=105 err=21 text=objectClass: value #1 invalid per syntax 504a441d connection_get(8) 504a441d connection_get(8): got connid=1001 504a441d connection_read(8): checking for input on id=1001 ber_get_next ber_get_next: tag 0x30 len 5 contents: 504a441d op tag 0x42, time 1347044381 ber_get_next 504a441d ber_get_next on fd 8 failed errno=0 (Success) 504a441d conn=1001 op=4 do_unbind 504a441d conn=1001 op=4 UNBIND 504a441d connection_close: conn=1001 sd=8 504a441d conn=1001 fd=8 closed 504a441d daemon: shutdown requested and initiated. 504a441d slapd shutdown: waiting for 0 operations/tasks to finish 504a441d slapd shutdown: initiated 504a441d ====> bdb_cache_release_all 504a441d slapd destroy: freeing system resources. 504a441d slapd stopped. Dave Borresen Solaris/Linux Systems Administrator Surveillance Systems Group (Group 42) MIT Lincoln Laboratory 244 Wood Street Lexington, MA 02420 P: 781-981-2954 F: 781-981-5344 john.borresen(a)ll.mit.edu