Rich,
access log on the 389 machine? what version of 389-ds-base? what platform?
[root@claw slapd-claw]# rpm -qi 389-ds-baseName : 389-ds-base Relocations: (not relocatable)Version : 1.2.8.3 Vendor: Fedora ProjectRelease : 1.el5 Build Date: Mon 02 May 2011 11:36:56 AM CDTInstall Date: Tue 28 Jun 2011 08:02:38 AM CDT Build Host: x86-10.phx2.fedoraproject.orgGroup : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: 389-ds-base-1.2.8.3-1.el5.src.rpmSize : 4953090 License: GPLv2 with exceptionsSignature : DSA/SHA1, Mon 02 May 2011 12:00:08 PM CDT, Key ID 119cc036217521f6Packager : Fedora ProjectURL : http://port389.org/Summary : 389 Directory Server (base)x86_64 RHEL 5