Description of problem: DS allows to set a higher value of nsslapd-numlisteners than its limit of 4: # dsconf localhost config get nsslapd-numlisteners nsslapd-numlisteners: 1 # dsconf localhost config replace nsslapd-numlisteners=5 Successfully replaced "nsslapd-numlisteners" # dsconf localhost config get nsslapd-numlisteners nsslapd-numlisteners: 4 # grep nsslapd-numlisteners /etc/dirsrv/slapd-localhost/dse.ldif nsslapd-numlisteners: 5 # systemctl restart dirsrv@localhost # dsconf localhost config get nsslapd-numlisteners nsslapd-numlisteners: 4 # grep nsslapd-numlisteners /etc/dirsrv/slapd-localhost/dse.ldif nsslapd-numlisteners: 5 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 389-ds-base-2.3.4-3.el9.x86_64 How reproducible: always