I think this is now fixed in HEAD/RE22: HEAD: cvs diff -u -r 1.174 -r 1.175 servers/slapd/back-ldap/search.c RE22: cvs diff -u -r 1.113.2.22 -r 1.113.2.23 servers/slapd/back-ldap/search.c Please test. p. SysNet - via Dossi,8 27100 Pavia Tel: +390382573859 Fax: +390382476497