Hi Kurt Thanks for the response.
I tried adding the overlay chain directive to the database section of slapd.conf without result. Searching the lists says that the overlay should be global. However I can find no docs on global overlays and very little upto date on chain. In the absence of any information I tried adding the overlay directive above the database and access sections of slapd.conf both with and without the word global to no avail. Any definitive information would be greatly appreciated. thanks David Williams
