<div class="gmail_quote"> hello i have a ubuntu server installed with ldap server and an ldap client on another ubuntu server machine. i have installed and configured all the necessary files. but wen i try to contact ldap frmo the server it says ldap_sasl_bind(SIMPLE): Can't contact LDAP server (-1) i am looking for a feasible solution to overcome this error even the /etc/init.d/slapd restart responds with a failure i also got this while debugging root@Client1:/etc/ldap# ldapsearch -x -d5 ldap_create ldap_sasl_bind ldap_send_initial_request ldap_new_connection 1 1 0 ldap_int_open_connection ldap_connect_to_host: TCP <a href="http://10.4.139.5:389/" target="_blank">10.4.139.5:389</a> ldap_new_socket: 3 ldap_prepare_socket: 3 ldap_connect_to_host: Trying <a href="http://10.4.139.5:389/" target="_blank">10.4.139.5:389</a> ldap_pvt_connect: fd: 3 tm: -1 async: 0 ldap_close_socket: 3 ldap_err2string<div class="Ih2E3d"> ldap_sasl_bind(SIMPLE): Can't contact LDAP server (-1) </div>please help don </div>