This soudns like SSL is correctly configured is the service continues to run, ratehr than stopping right away. if that's corret, my problem is someplae else (unsername, hostname, etc.) Is that correct? <a href="http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:WindowsSync#Configuring_PassSync">http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:WindowsSync#Configuring_PassSync</a> excerpt: NOTE: PassSync will not work until TLS/SSL is configured. The passsync.log will contain errors about SSL initialization until SSL is properly configured, and the service will not start.