Quick instructions to build up ldb support in openldap. 1. download the latest openldap development tree. 2. apply the patch named build-ldb.patch 3. copy the directory back-ldb into ldap/servers/slapd 4. copy libldb.a in ldap/servers/slapd/back-ldb (yes this will be handled better in future) 5. install openldap custom autotools, normal aotonf and automake tool does not work :-( 6. reconfiure with: configure --with-threads=no --enable-ldb=yes --enable-bdb=no 7. make and make install 8. configure slapd.conf ----------------------- database ldb uri tdb:///path/to/the/db.ldb ----------------------- make sure you have 3 (three) slashes after tdb: :-) 9. test it :-) All the code is currently released with LGPL license, the final distribution license will be discussed within the samba team. Simo.