DAMN IT.... it worked, I will take it as a Christmas present from you... thanks a lot :) anyway, I am wondering why I can not find ANYWHERE on the net, neither on RHEL manuals, a simple howto for configuring this. I mean, configuring LDAP and building a simple directory for users data is not so hard after all, but it takes quite a long time if you have to dig the net at every step. Next time I will try to read more docs before posting, but maybe this thread will help others avoid this stupid pitfall.