I've got a default freeipa installation. account sync is working great. passsync makes me sad. here are the passsync settings: hostname: <FQDN of the freeipa server> port: 636 username: uid=passsync,cn=sysaccounts,cn=etc,dc=<xxx>,dc=<xxx> password: <password> cert token : tried it with and without the /etc/dirsrv/slapd-instance/pwdfile.txt contents serach base=cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=inframax,dc=ncare I cheked the passsync acocunt/pass work with ldp (not ssl) and it worked fine. it looks like I correctly imported the cert from my freeipa server into the db in program files\389 directory server I just keep getting : ldap bind error in connect 81: can't contact ldap server can not connect to ldap server in syncpassowrds I'd really appreciate some help. I've also disabled UAC.