#ldapauth, better to use this than your rootdn for security reasons dn: uid=ldapauth,ou=People,dc=yhourhost,dc=net uid: ldapauth cn: ldapuath objectClass: account objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: top objectClass: shadowAccount shadowLastChange: 12116 loginShell: /bin/true uidNumber: 11184 gidNumber: 2110 homeDirectory: /var/qmail/maildirs/ gecos: ldap authorization,,, userPassword: libcrypt_format #sample user dn dn: uid=denverj ,ou=people,dc=yourhost,dc=net objectClass: top objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: qmailUser objectClass: person cn: John Denver givenName: denverj sn: denverj uid: denverj mail: denverj@yourhost.net mailMessageStore: /var/qmail/maildirs/denverj/Maildir/ nohomeDirectory: /var/qmail/maildirs/denverj/ mailAlternateAddress: denverj@alias.host.net userPassword: libcrypt_format