hi, i've got a problem with openldap-2.0.6 ldapsearch -D ... -b ... '(&(uid=d*)(&(name=m*)(firstname=k*)))' returns entries with names starting with any character, not rstricted to m* looks like a search without the '(name=m*)' part. if the search-filter is extended to name=me* only the expected entries are found ... are there any restrictions in the search filter implementation? thanx michael