Yes, slapd is recursing on fe_aux_operational() because the test is requesting all operational attributes. I'll see if I can easily fix this, otherwise we'll likely need to wait for Luke :-). p. > slapd grabs all CPU. I have to stop it with kill -9. -- Pierangelo Masarati mailto:pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it SysNet - via Dossi,8 27100 Pavia Tel: +390382573859 Fax: +390382476497