> > it might sound stupid, but how does one delete an entire database so > that one can rebuild it from scratch by running a new .ldif file? Well - there are no stupid questions, only deeds left undone. cd to data repository rm -rf *.[datebase extension] That oughta' zap'em but good. This is the UNIXy why of doing it - other OSes (are there any ?) - ;-) do things differently (or so I'm told ) YMMV HTH As Always r