Raymond, I assume you are building with Mule? If so, then please see if this (untested) patch fixes the problem. 1998-06-05 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; * eldap.c (Fldap_search_internal): Use build_ext_string instead of build_string to avoid crashes under Mule. --- eldap.c.orig Fri Jun 5 18:05:24 1998 +++ eldap.c Fri Jun 5 18:06:47 1998 ＠＠ -505,13 +505,13 ＠＠ a != NULL; a= ldap_next_attribute (ld, e, ptr) ) { - list = Fcons (build_string (a), Qnil); + list = Fcons (build_ext_string (a, FORMAT_OS), Qnil); unwind.vals = ldap_get_values (ld, e, a); if (unwind.vals != NULL) { for (i = 0; unwind.vals[i] != NULL; i++) { - list = Fcons (build_string (unwind.vals[i]), + list = Fcons (build_ext_string (unwind.vals[i], FORMAT_OS), list); } } -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares?