diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 32f2f3ed5cee51daab72005fd593ad2f9d8539e2..e353a49abee89b36e0eb69226c0aadf41fe7f5bd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ OpenLDAP 2.4.9 Engineering
 	Fixed slapd-bdb referral rewrite (ITS#5339)
 	Fixed slapd-config attribute publishing (ITS#5383)
 	Fixed slapd-ldap connection handler (ITS#5404)
+	Fixed slapd-ldif file name handling (ITS#5408)
 	Fixed slapd-meta connections on error (ITS#5440)
 	Fixed slapd-meta crash on search (ITS#5481)
 	Fixed slapo-auditlog unnecessary syscall (ITS#5441)
diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldif/ldif.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldif/ldif.c
index be9678e4af627e6a3e4edbbf6fca0f838f0b936b..05d222e0cef05128d13160a116ea25bca15dba9e 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldif/ldif.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldif/ldif.c
@@ -50,8 +50,55 @@ struct ldif_info {
 #define mkdir(a,b)	mkdir(a)
 #endif
 
+
 #define LDIF	".ldif"
+#define LDIF_FILETYPE_SEP	'.'			/* LDIF[0] */
+
+/*
+ * Unsafe/translated characters in the filesystem.
+ *
+ * LDIF_UNSAFE_CHAR(c) returns true if the character c is not to be used
+ * in relative filenames, except it should accept '\\' even if unsafe and
+ * need not reject '{' and '}'.  The value should be a constant expression.
+ *
+ * If '\\' is unsafe, #define LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR as a safe character.
+ *
+ * If '{' and '}' are unsafe, #define IX_FSL/IX_FSR as safe characters.
+ * (Not digits, '-' or '+'.  IX_FSL == IX_FSR is allowed.)
+ *
+ * Characters are escaped as LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR followed by two hex digits,
+ * except '\\' is replaced with LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR and {} with IX_FS[LR].
+ * Also some LDIF special chars are hex-escaped.
+ *
+ * Thus an LDIF filename is a valid normalized RDN (or suffix DN)
+ * followed by ".ldif", except with '\\' replaced with LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+
+/*
+ * Unix/MacOSX version.  ':' vs '/' can cause confusion on MacOSX so we
+ * escape both.  We escape them on Unix so both OS variants get the same
+ * filenames.
+ */
+#define LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR	'\\'
+#define LDIF_UNSAFE_CHAR(c)	((c) == '/' || (c) == ':')
 
+#else /* _WIN32 */
+
+/* Windows version - Microsoft's list of unsafe characters, except '\\' */
+#define LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR	'^'
+#define LDIF_UNSAFE_CHAR(c)	\
+	((c) == '/' || (c) == ':' || \
+	 (c) == '<' || (c) == '>' || (c) == '"' || \
+	 (c) == '|' || (c) == '?' || (c) == '*')
+
+#endif /* !_WIN32 */
+
+/*
+ * Left and Right "{num}" prefix to ordered RDNs ("olcDatabase={1}bdb").
+ * IX_DN* are for LDAP RDNs, IX_FS* for their .ldif filenames.
+ */
 #define IX_DNL	'{'
 #define	IX_DNR	'}'
 #ifndef IX_FSL
@@ -59,6 +106,33 @@ struct ldif_info {
 #define IX_FSR	IX_DNR
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Test for unsafe chars, as well as chars handled specially by back-ldif:
+ * - If the escape char is not '\\', it must itself be escaped.  Otherwise
+ *   '\\' and the escape char would map to the same character.
+ * - Escape the '.' in ".ldif", so the directory for an RDN that actually
+ *   ends with ".ldif" can not conflict with a file of the same name.  And
+ *   since some OSes/programs choke on multiple '.'s, escape all of them.
+ * - If '{' and '}' are translated to some other characters, those
+ *   characters must in turn be escaped when they occur in an RDN.
+ */
+#ifndef LDIF_NEED_ESCAPE
+#define	LDIF_NEED_ESCAPE(c) \
+	((LDIF_UNSAFE_CHAR(c)) || \
+	 LDIF_MAYBE_UNSAFE(c, LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR) || \
+	 LDIF_MAYBE_UNSAFE(c, LDIF_FILETYPE_SEP) || \
+	 LDIF_MAYBE_UNSAFE(c, IX_FSL) || \
+	 (IX_FSR != IX_FSL && LDIF_MAYBE_UNSAFE(c, IX_FSR)))
+#endif
+/*
+ * Helper macro for LDIF_NEED_ESCAPE(): Treat character x as unsafe if
+ * back-ldif does not already treat is specially.
+ */
+#define LDIF_MAYBE_UNSAFE(c, x) \
+	(!(LDIF_UNSAFE_CHAR(x) || (x) == '\\' || (x) == IX_DNL || (x) == IX_DNR) \
+	 && (c) == (x))
+
+
 #define ENTRY_BUFF_INCREMENT 500
 
 static ConfigTable ldifcfg[] = {
@@ -67,7 +141,7 @@ static ConfigTable ldifcfg[] = {
 		"( OLcfgDbAt:0.1 NAME 'olcDbDirectory' "
 			"DESC 'Directory for database content' "
 			"EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch "
-			"SYNTAX OMsDirectoryString )", NULL, NULL },
+			"SYNTAX OMsDirectoryString SINGLE-VALUE )", NULL, NULL },
 	{ NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, ARG_IGNORED,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL }
 };
@@ -81,94 +155,64 @@ static ConfigOCs ldifocs[] = {
 	{ NULL, 0, NULL }
 };
 
+
+/* Set *res = LDIF filename path for the normalized DN */
 static void
-dn2path(struct berval * orig_dn, struct berval * suffixdn, struct berval * base_path,
-	struct berval *res)
+dn2path( BackendDB *be, struct berval *dn, struct berval *res )
 {
-	char *ptr, *sep, *end;
-	int nsep = 0;
-	struct berval dn;
-
-	assert( orig_dn != NULL );
-	assert( !BER_BVISNULL( orig_dn ) );
+	struct ldif_info *li = (struct ldif_info *) be->be_private;
+	struct berval *suffixdn = &be->be_nsuffix[0];
+	const char *start, *end, *next, *p;
+	char ch, *ptr;
+	ber_len_t len;
+	static const char hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+
+	assert( dn != NULL );
+	assert( !BER_BVISNULL( dn ) );
 	assert( suffixdn != NULL );
 	assert( !BER_BVISNULL( suffixdn ) );
-	assert( dnIsSuffix( orig_dn, suffixdn ) );
-
-	dn = *orig_dn;
-
-	/* escape dirsep's
-	 * use "\" + hexpair, so the escaped DN remains formally valid */
-	for ( ptr = dn.bv_val, end = &dn.bv_val[dn.bv_len]; ptr < end; ptr++ ) {
-		if ( ptr[0] == LDAP_DIRSEP[0] ) {
-			nsep++;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if ( nsep ) {
-		char	*p;
+	assert( dnIsSuffix( dn, suffixdn ) );
 
-		dn.bv_len += 2*nsep;
-		dn.bv_val = ch_malloc( dn.bv_len + 1 );
+	start = dn->bv_val;
+	end = start + dn->bv_len;
 
-		for ( ptr = orig_dn->bv_val, end = &orig_dn->bv_val[orig_dn->bv_len], p = dn.bv_val;
-			ptr < end; ptr++, p++)
-		{
-			static const char hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
-			if ( ptr[0] == LDAP_DIRSEP[0] ) {
-				*p++ = '\\';
-				*p++ = hex[(LDAP_DIRSEP[0] & 0xF0U) >> 4];
-				*p = hex[LDAP_DIRSEP[0] & 0x0FU];
-			} else {
-				p[0] = ptr[0];
-			}
-		}
-		p[0] = '\0';
-	}
-
-	res->bv_len = dn.bv_len + base_path->bv_len + 1 + STRLENOF( LDIF );
-	res->bv_val = ch_malloc( res->bv_len + 1 );
-	ptr = lutil_strcopy( res->bv_val, base_path->bv_val );
-	end = dn.bv_val + dn.bv_len;
-	if ( !BER_BVISEMPTY( suffixdn ) ) {
-		*ptr++ = LDAP_DIRSEP[0];
-		ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, suffixdn->bv_val );
-		end -= suffixdn->bv_len + 1;
-
-	} else if ( BER_BVISEMPTY( &dn ) ) {
-		*ptr++ = LDAP_DIRSEP[0];
+	/* Room for dir, dirsep, dn, LDIF, "\hexpair"-escaping of unsafe chars */
+	len = li->li_base_path.bv_len + dn->bv_len + (1 + STRLENOF( LDIF ));
+	for ( p = start; p < end; ) {
+		ch = *p++;
+		if ( LDIF_NEED_ESCAPE( ch ) )
+			len += 2;
 	}
-	while ( end > dn.bv_val ) {
-		for (sep = end-1; sep >= dn.bv_val && !DN_SEPARATOR( *sep ); sep--);
-		*ptr++ = LDAP_DIRSEP[0];
-		ptr = lutil_strncopy( ptr, sep+1, end-sep-1 );
-		end = sep;
-	}
-	strcpy(ptr, LDIF);
-#if IX_FSL != IX_DNL
-	{
-		struct berval bv;
-		bv = *res;
-		while ( ptr = ber_bvchr( &bv, IX_DNL ) ) {
-			*ptr++ = IX_FSL;
-			assert( ( ptr - bv.bv_val ) <= bv.bv_len );
-			bv.bv_len -= ( ptr - bv.bv_val );
-			bv.bv_val = ptr;
-			ptr = ber_bvchr( &bv, IX_DNR );
-			if ( !ptr )
+	res->bv_val = ch_malloc( len + 1 );
+
+	ptr = lutil_strcopy( res->bv_val, li->li_base_path.bv_val );
+	for ( next = end - suffixdn->bv_len; end > start; end = next ) {
+		/* Set p = start of DN component, next = &',' or start of DN */
+		while ( (p = next) > start ) {
+			--next;
+			if ( DN_SEPARATOR( *next ) )
 				break;
-			*ptr++ = IX_FSR;
-			assert( ( ptr - bv.bv_val ) <= bv.bv_len );
-			bv.bv_len -= ( ptr - bv.bv_val );
-			bv.bv_val = ptr;
+		}
+		/* Append <dirsep> <p..end-1: RDN or database-suffix> */
+		for ( *ptr++ = LDAP_DIRSEP[0]; p < end; *ptr++ = ch ) {
+			ch = *p++;
+			if ( LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR != '\\' && ch == '\\' ) {
+				ch = LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR;
+			} else if ( IX_FSL != IX_DNL && ch == IX_DNL ) {
+				ch = IX_FSL;
+			} else if ( IX_FSR != IX_DNR && ch == IX_DNR ) {
+				ch = IX_FSR;
+			} else if ( LDIF_NEED_ESCAPE( ch ) ) {
+				*ptr++ = LDIF_ESCAPE_CHAR;
+				*ptr++ = hex[(ch & 0xFFU) >> 4];
+				ch = hex[ch & 0x0FU];
+			}
 		}
 	}
-#endif
-	if ( dn.bv_val != orig_dn->bv_val ) {
-		ch_free( dn.bv_val );
-	}
+	ptr = lutil_strcopy( ptr, LDIF );
+	res->bv_len = ptr - res->bv_val;
 
-	assert( strlen( res->bv_val ) == res->bv_len );
+	assert( res->bv_len <= len );
 }
 
 static char * slurp_file(int fd) {
@@ -358,28 +402,34 @@ static Entry * get_entry_for_fd(int fd,
 	return ldentry;
 }
 
-static Entry * get_entry(Operation *op, struct berval *base_path) {
+static int
+get_entry(
+	Operation *op,
+	Entry **entryp,
+	struct berval *pathp )
+{
+	int rc;
 	struct berval path, pdn, pndn;
 	int fd;
 
 	dnParent(&op->o_req_dn, &pdn);
 	dnParent(&op->o_req_ndn, &pndn);
-	dn2path(&op->o_req_ndn, op->o_bd->be_nsuffix, base_path, &path);
+	dn2path( op->o_bd, &op->o_req_ndn, &path );
 	fd = open(path.bv_val, O_RDONLY);
 	/* error opening file (mebbe should log error) */
 	if ( fd == -1 && ( errno != ENOENT || op->o_tag != LDAP_REQ_ADD ) ) {
 		Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "failed to open file \"%s\": %s\n",
 			path.bv_val, STRERROR(errno), 0 );
 	}
+	*entryp = fd < 0 ? NULL : get_entry_for_fd( fd, &pdn, &pndn );
+	rc = *entryp ? LDAP_SUCCESS : LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
 
-	if(path.bv_val != NULL)
+	if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS && pathp != NULL ) {
+		*pathp = path;
+	} else {
 		SLAP_FREE(path.bv_val);
-
-	if ( fd != -1 ) {
-		return get_entry_for_fd(fd, &pdn, &pndn);
 	}
-
-	return NULL;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static void fullpath(struct berval *base, struct berval *name, struct berval *res) {
@@ -582,21 +632,23 @@ enum_tree(
 	enumCookie *ck
 )
 {
-	struct ldif_info *li = (struct ldif_info *) ck->op->o_bd->be_private;
 	struct berval path;
 	struct berval pdn, pndn;
 	int rc;
 
 	dnParent( &ck->op->o_req_dn, &pdn );
 	dnParent( &ck->op->o_req_ndn, &pndn );
-	dn2path( &ck->op->o_req_ndn, &ck->op->o_bd->be_nsuffix[0], &li->li_base_path, &path);
+	dn2path( ck->op->o_bd, &ck->op->o_req_ndn, &path );
 	rc = r_enum_tree(ck, &path, BER_BVISEMPTY( &ck->op->o_req_ndn ) ? 1 : 0, &pdn, &pndn);
 	ch_free( path.bv_val );
 	return rc;
 }
 
-/* Get the parent path plus the LDIF suffix */
-static void get_parent_path(struct berval * dnpath, struct berval *res) {
+
+/* Get the parent directory path, plus the LDIF suffix overwritten by a \0 */
+static void
+get_parent_path( struct berval *dnpath, struct berval *res )
+{
 	int dnpathlen = dnpath->bv_len;
 	int i;
 	
@@ -618,7 +670,7 @@ static int apply_modify_to_entry(Entry * entry,
 	char textbuf[SLAP_TEXT_BUFLEN];
 	int rc = modlist ? LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM : LDAP_SUCCESS;
 	int is_oc = 0;
-	Modification *mods = NULL;
+	Modification *mods;
 
 	if (!acl_check_modlist(op, entry, modlist)) {
 		return LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS;
@@ -659,8 +711,6 @@ static int apply_modify_to_entry(Entry * entry,
 				sizeof( textbuf ) );
 			break;
 
-			break;
-
 		case SLAP_MOD_SOFTADD:
 			mods->sm_op = LDAP_MOD_ADD;
 			rc = modify_add_values(entry, mods,
@@ -672,12 +722,10 @@ static int apply_modify_to_entry(Entry * entry,
 				rc = LDAP_SUCCESS;
 			}
 			break;
-		default:
-			break;
 		}
 		if(rc != LDAP_SUCCESS) break;
 	}
-	
+
 	if(rc == LDAP_SUCCESS) {
 		if ( is_oc ) {
 			entry->e_ocflags = 0;
@@ -716,28 +764,28 @@ ldif_back_referrals( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 
 	li = (struct ldif_info *)op->o_bd->be_private;
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_rlock( &li->li_rdwr );
-	entry = get_entry( op, &li->li_base_path );
+	get_entry( op, &entry, NULL );
 
 	/* no object is found for them */
 	if ( entry == NULL ) {
 		struct berval	odn = op->o_req_dn;
 		struct berval	ondn = op->o_req_ndn;
+		struct berval	pndn = ondn;
+		ber_len_t		min_dnlen = op->o_bd->be_nsuffix[0].bv_len;
 
-		struct berval	pndn = op->o_req_ndn;
+		if ( min_dnlen == 0 )
+			min_dnlen = 1;	   /* catch empty DN */
 
 		for ( ; entry == NULL; ) {
 			dnParent( &pndn, &pndn );
-			
-			if ( BER_BVISEMPTY( &pndn )
-				|| !dnIsSuffix( &pndn, &op->o_bd->be_nsuffix[0] ) )
-			{
+			if ( pndn.bv_len < min_dnlen ) {
 				break;
 			}
 
 			op->o_req_dn = pndn;
 			op->o_req_ndn = pndn;
 
-			entry = get_entry( op, &li->li_base_path );
+			get_entry( op, &entry, NULL );
 		}
 
 		ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_runlock( &li->li_rdwr );
@@ -821,14 +869,17 @@ ldif_back_referrals( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 	return rc;
 }
 
+
+/* LDAP operations */
+
 static int
 ldif_back_bind( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 {
-	struct ldif_info *li = NULL;
-	Attribute * a = NULL;
+	struct ldif_info *li;
+	Attribute *a;
 	AttributeDescription *password = slap_schema.si_ad_userPassword;
-	int return_val = 0;
-	Entry * entry = NULL;
+	int return_val;
+	Entry *entry;
 
 	switch ( be_rootdn_bind( op, rs ) ) {
 	case SLAP_CB_CONTINUE:
@@ -842,10 +893,10 @@ ldif_back_bind( Operation *op, SlapReply *rs )
 
 	li = (struct ldif_info *) op->o_bd->be_private;
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_rlock(&li->li_rdwr);
-	entry = get_entry(op, &li->li_base_path);
+	return_val = get_entry(op, &entry, NULL);
 
 	/* no object is found for them */
-	if(entry == NULL) {
+	if(return_val != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
 		rs->sr_err = return_val = LDAP_INVALID_CREDENTIALS;
 		goto return_result;
 	}
@@ -914,7 +965,7 @@ static int ldif_back_add(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs) {
 
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock(&li->li_rdwr);
 
-	dn2path(&dn, &op->o_bd->be_nsuffix[0], &li->li_base_path, &leaf_path);
+	dn2path( op->o_bd, &dn, &leaf_path );
 
 	if(leaf_path.bv_val != NULL) {
 		struct berval base = BER_BVNULL;
@@ -923,7 +974,7 @@ static int ldif_back_add(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs) {
 
 		statres = stat(base.bv_val, &stats); /* check if container exists */
 		if(statres == -1 && errno == ENOENT) { /* container missing */
-			base.bv_val[base.bv_len] = '.';
+			base.bv_val[base.bv_len] = LDIF_FILETYPE_SEP;
 			statres = stat(base.bv_val, &stats); /* check for leaf node */
 			base.bv_val[base.bv_len] = '\0';
 			if(statres == -1 && errno == ENOENT) {
@@ -973,17 +1024,15 @@ send_res:
 static int ldif_back_modify(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs) {
 	struct ldif_info *li = (struct ldif_info *) op->o_bd->be_private;
 	Modifications * modlst = op->orm_modlist;
-	struct berval path = BER_BVNULL;
-	Entry * entry = NULL;
+	struct berval path;
+	Entry *entry;
 	int spew_res;
 
 	slap_mods_opattrs( op, &op->orm_modlist, 1 );
 
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock(&li->li_rdwr);
-	dn2path(&op->o_req_ndn, &op->o_bd->be_nsuffix[0], &li->li_base_path,
-		&path);
-	entry = get_entry(op, &li->li_base_path);
 
+	rs->sr_err = get_entry( op, &entry, &path );
 	if(entry != NULL) {
 		rs->sr_err = apply_modify_to_entry(entry, modlst, op, rs);
 		if(rs->sr_err == LDAP_SUCCESS) {
@@ -996,15 +1045,11 @@ static int ldif_back_modify(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs) {
 				rs->sr_err = LDAP_UNWILLING_TO_PERFORM;
 			}
 		}
+
+		entry_free( entry );
+		SLAP_FREE( path.bv_val );
 	}
-	else {
-		rs->sr_err = LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
-	}
-	
-	if(entry != NULL)
-		entry_free(entry);
-	if(path.bv_val != NULL)
-		SLAP_FREE(path.bv_val);
+
 	rs->sr_text = NULL;
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wunlock(&li->li_rdwr);
 	send_ldap_result(op, rs);
@@ -1014,7 +1059,7 @@ static int ldif_back_modify(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs) {
 
 static int ldif_back_delete(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs) {
 	struct ldif_info *li = (struct ldif_info *) op->o_bd->be_private;
-	struct berval path = BER_BVNULL;
+	struct berval path;
 	int res = 0;
 
 	if ( BER_BVISEMPTY( &op->o_csn )) {
@@ -1027,11 +1072,11 @@ static int ldif_back_delete(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs) {
 	}
 
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock(&li->li_rdwr);
-	dn2path(&op->o_req_ndn, &op->o_bd->be_nsuffix[0], &li->li_base_path, &path);
 
+	dn2path( op->o_bd, &op->o_req_ndn, &path );
 	path.bv_val[path.bv_len - STRLENOF(LDIF)] = '\0';
 	res = rmdir(path.bv_val);
-	path.bv_val[path.bv_len - STRLENOF(LDIF)] = '.';
+	path.bv_val[path.bv_len - STRLENOF(LDIF)] = LDIF_FILETYPE_SEP;
 	rs->sr_err = LDAP_SUCCESS;
 	if ( res ) {
 		switch ( errno ) {
@@ -1073,18 +1118,19 @@ static int ldif_back_delete(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs) {
 }
 
 
-static int move_entry(Entry * entry, struct berval * ndn,
-			   struct berval * newndn, struct berval * suffixdn,
-			   struct berval * base_path) {
+static int
+ldif_move_entry(
+	Operation *op,
+	Entry *entry,
+	struct berval *oldpath )
+{
 	int res;
 	int exists_res;
-	struct berval path;
 	struct berval newpath;
 
-	dn2path(ndn, suffixdn, base_path, &path);
-	dn2path(newndn, suffixdn, base_path, &newpath);
+	dn2path( op->o_bd, &entry->e_nname, &newpath );
 
-	if((entry == NULL || path.bv_val == NULL) || newpath.bv_val == NULL) {
+	if((entry == NULL || oldpath->bv_val == NULL) || newpath.bv_val == NULL) {
 		/* some object doesn't exist */
 		res = LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
 	}
@@ -1095,10 +1141,10 @@ static int move_entry(Entry * entry, struct berval * ndn,
 			res = spew_entry(entry, &newpath, 0, NULL);
 			if(res != -1) {
 				/* if this fails we should log something bad */
-				res = unlink(path.bv_val);
-				path.bv_val[path.bv_len - STRLENOF(".ldif")] = '\0';
+				res = unlink( oldpath->bv_val );
+				oldpath->bv_val[oldpath->bv_len - STRLENOF(".ldif")] = '\0';
 				newpath.bv_val[newpath.bv_len - STRLENOF(".ldif")] = '\0';
-				res = rename(path.bv_val, newpath.bv_val);
+				res = rename( oldpath->bv_val, newpath.bv_val );
 				res = LDAP_SUCCESS;
 			}
 			else {
@@ -1124,8 +1170,6 @@ static int move_entry(Entry * entry, struct berval * ndn,
 
 	if(newpath.bv_val != NULL)
 		SLAP_FREE(newpath.bv_val);
-	if(path.bv_val != NULL)
-		SLAP_FREE(path.bv_val);
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -1134,17 +1178,16 @@ ldif_back_modrdn(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs)
 {
 	struct ldif_info *li = (struct ldif_info *) op->o_bd->be_private;
 	struct berval new_dn = BER_BVNULL, new_ndn = BER_BVNULL;
-	struct berval p_dn;
-	Entry * entry = NULL;
-	int res;
+	struct berval p_dn, old_path;
+	Entry *entry;
+	int rc;
 
 	slap_mods_opattrs( op, &op->orr_modlist, 1 );
 
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock( &li->li_rdwr );
-	entry = get_entry( op, &li->li_base_path );
 
-	/* build the mods to the entry */
-	if ( entry != NULL ) {
+	rc = get_entry( op, &entry, &old_path );
+	if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
 		/* build new dn, and new ndn for the entry */
 		if ( op->oq_modrdn.rs_newSup != NULL ) {
 			struct berval	op_dn = op->o_req_dn,
@@ -1155,10 +1198,10 @@ ldif_back_modrdn(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs)
 			p_dn = *op->oq_modrdn.rs_newSup;
 			op->o_req_dn = *op->oq_modrdn.rs_newSup;
 			op->o_req_ndn = *op->oq_modrdn.rs_nnewSup;
-			np = get_entry( op, &li->li_base_path );
+			rc = get_entry( op, &np, NULL );
 			op->o_req_dn = op_dn;
 			op->o_req_ndn = op_ndn;
-			if ( np == NULL ) {
+			if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
 				goto no_such_object;
 			}
 			entry_free( np );
@@ -1173,44 +1216,37 @@ ldif_back_modrdn(Operation *op, SlapReply *rs)
 		entry->e_nname = new_ndn;
 
 		/* perform the modifications */
-		res = apply_modify_to_entry( entry, op->orr_modlist, op, rs );
-		if ( res == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
-			rs->sr_err = move_entry( entry, &op->o_req_ndn,
-						&new_ndn,
-						&op->o_bd->be_nsuffix[0],
-						&li->li_base_path );
-		} else {
-			rs->sr_err = res;
-		}
-	} else {
-no_such_object:;
-		/* entry was null */
-		rs->sr_err = LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
-	}
+		rc = apply_modify_to_entry( entry, op->orr_modlist, op, rs );
+		if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS )
+			rc = ldif_move_entry( op, entry, &old_path );
 
-	if ( entry != NULL ) {
+no_such_object:;
 		entry_free( entry );
+		SLAP_FREE( old_path.bv_val );
 	}
+
 	rs->sr_text = "";
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wunlock( &li->li_rdwr );
+	rs->sr_err = rc;
 	send_ldap_result( op, rs );
 	slap_graduate_commit_csn( op );
 	return rs->sr_err;
 }
 
-/* return LDAP_SUCCESS IFF we can retrieve the specified entry.
- */
-int ldif_back_entry_get(
+
+/* Return LDAP_SUCCESS IFF we retrieve the specified entry. */
+static int
+ldif_back_entry_get(
 	Operation *op,
 	struct berval *ndn,
 	ObjectClass *oc,
 	AttributeDescription *at,
 	int rw,
-	Entry **ent )
+	Entry **e )
 {
 	struct ldif_info *li = (struct ldif_info *) op->o_bd->be_private;
 	struct berval op_dn = op->o_req_dn, op_ndn = op->o_req_ndn;
-	int rc = LDAP_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
+	int rc;
 
 	assert( ndn != NULL );
 	assert( !BER_BVISNULL( ndn ) );
@@ -1218,23 +1254,23 @@ int ldif_back_entry_get(
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_rlock( &li->li_rdwr );
 	op->o_req_dn = *ndn;
 	op->o_req_ndn = *ndn;
-	*ent = get_entry( op, &li->li_base_path );
+	rc = get_entry( op, e, NULL );
 	op->o_req_dn = op_dn;
 	op->o_req_ndn = op_ndn;
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_runlock( &li->li_rdwr );
 
-	if ( *ent ) {
-		rc = LDAP_SUCCESS;
-		if ( oc && !is_entry_objectclass_or_sub( *ent, oc ) ) {
-			rc = LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE;
-			entry_free( *ent );
-			*ent = NULL;
-		}
+	if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS && oc && !is_entry_objectclass_or_sub( *e, oc ) ) {
+		rc = LDAP_NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE;
+		entry_free( *e );
+		*e = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return rc;
 }
 
+
+/* Slap tools */
+
 static int ldif_tool_entry_open(BackendDB *be, int mode) {
 	struct ldif_info *li = (struct ldif_info *) be->be_private;
 	li->li_tool_current = 0;
@@ -1290,14 +1326,12 @@ static Entry * ldif_tool_entry_get(BackendDB * be, ID id) {
 }
 
 static ID ldif_tool_entry_put(BackendDB * be, Entry * e, struct berval *text) {
-	struct ldif_info *li = (struct ldif_info *) be->be_private;
-	struct berval dn = e->e_nname;
 	struct berval leaf_path = BER_BVNULL;
 	struct stat stats;
 	int statres;
 	int res = LDAP_SUCCESS;
 
-	dn2path(&dn, &be->be_nsuffix[0], &li->li_base_path, &leaf_path);
+	dn2path( be, &e->e_nname, &leaf_path );
 
 	if(leaf_path.bv_val != NULL) {
 		struct berval base = BER_BVNULL;
@@ -1306,7 +1340,7 @@ static ID ldif_tool_entry_put(BackendDB * be, Entry * e, struct berval *text) {
 
 		statres = stat(base.bv_val, &stats); /* check if container exists */
 		if(statres == -1 && errno == ENOENT) { /* container missing */
-			base.bv_val[base.bv_len] = '.';
+			base.bv_val[base.bv_len] = LDIF_FILETYPE_SEP;
 			statres = stat(base.bv_val, &stats); /* check for leaf node */
 			base.bv_val[base.bv_len] = '\0';
 			if(statres == -1 && errno == ENOENT) {
@@ -1340,6 +1374,9 @@ static ID ldif_tool_entry_put(BackendDB * be, Entry * e, struct berval *text) {
 		return NOID;
 }
 
+
+/* Setup */
+
 static int
 ldif_back_db_init( BackendDB *be, ConfigReply *cr )
 {
@@ -1349,6 +1386,7 @@ ldif_back_db_init( BackendDB *be, ConfigReply *cr )
 	be->be_private = li;
 	be->be_cf_ocs = ldifocs;
 	ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_init(&li->li_rdwr);
+	SLAP_DBFLAGS( be ) |= SLAP_DBFLAG_ONE_SUFFIX;
 	return 0;
 }