Guys, I downloaded a script called USERADD from link: http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/rhas/NetgroupWhitepaper.pdf Page 9 and follow as follow: It did create a new Users.ldif file as follow: dn: uid=dave, cn=EnvOD,ou=IM,ou=Bangalore,dc=im,dc=sap,dc=com changetype: add uid: dave objectClass: top objectClass: person objectClass: organizationalPerson objectClass: inetorgperson objectClass: posixAccount cn: Dave Meyer sn: Meyer givenName: Dave Meyer gidNumber: 1000 uidNumber: 1003 userPassword: {clear}redhat loginShell: /bin/bash homeDirectory: /home/dave But if I import it into Directory Server as: ldapmodify -h 389-ds.sap.com -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w <password> -f Users.ldif [1] 9443 -bash: -f: command not found [root@389-ds opt]# SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Unknown authentication method (-6) additional ldapmodify -h 389-ds.sapient.com -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w Oracle123456& -f Users.ldif No Idea why its behaving so? Am I missing anything in the command. I did provided -ZZ options for TLS but it dint work. Note: I have configured SSL for the 389-Ds.