Dear Matthew Thanks for your reply. It was in sites-enabled/default .. not sure why I wrote /inner-tunnel here .. must be the amount of files I have been opening that confused me. This is the ttester ldap search. I am seeing them matching :S radius@daloradius:/etc/freeradius$ ldapsearch -h localhost -D "cn=admin,dc=seminary,dc=local" -w PASSWORD -b "cn=ttester,cn=SeminaryAdmin,ou=SeminaryOU,dc=seminary,dc=local" # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <cn=ttester,cn=SeminaryAdmin,ou=SeminaryOU,dc=seminary,dc=local> with scope subtree # filter: (objectclass=*) # requesting: ALL # # ttester, SeminaryAdmin, SeminaryOU, seminary.local dn: cn=ttester,cn=SeminaryAdmin,ou=SeminaryOU,dc=seminary,dc=local cn: ttester givenName: Test gidNumber: 505 homeDirectory: /home/users/ttester sn: Tester objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: top userPassword:: e1NTSEF9VDRzVTl6U0xOL0F1b3ArSW10aEg0bkx5TEcvclBVMFI= uidNumber: 1002 uid: ttester # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 2 # numEntries: 1 radius@daloradius:/etc/freeradius$ RE Freeradius version: not sure if I should go for one different to my distro :S Many thanks