Move the ldapi socket to /var/run/slapd from /var/run, since /var/run is only writable by root and slapd runs as openldap. Debian-specific. Index: openldap/include/ldap_defaults.h =================================================================== --- openldap.orig/include/ldap_defaults.h 2022-05-20 17:36:09.977244324 -0400 +++ openldap/include/ldap_defaults.h 2022-05-20 17:36:09.973244321 -0400 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ /* default ldapi:// socket */ #ifndef LDAPI_SOCK -#define LDAPI_SOCK LDAP_RUNDIR LDAP_DIRSEP "run" LDAP_DIRSEP "ldapi" +#define LDAPI_SOCK LDAP_RUNDIR LDAP_DIRSEP "run" LDAP_DIRSEP "slapd" LDAP_DIRSEP "ldapi" #endif /*