Problems authenticating with Novell eDir

Don't know if this is a bug, or just my inexperience with LDAP, but I can't get LDAP Integration working with Novell eDir.

Looking at past posts, I have configured Drupal LDAP, as follows:

LDAP Server: ldap://ldapserverip

Start-TLS: NO

Base DNs: ou=deptname, o=divisionname

(Pretty sure this part is right, based on successful authentication w/ other LDAP browsers.)

Username attribute: *tried both 'cn' and 'uid'

(Both had some success. Second one produced error saying no "clear text" passwords allowed.)

Our thinking is that perhaps this is a problem with SSL and Drupal grabbing a certificate.

This is based on the fact that using "ldap://" w/ 'uid', we get "no clear text passwords allowed", but using "ldaps://", we get a connection error.

Please forgive my ignorance, but if anyone has a clue what this is about - please let me know.

Also, if this is better suited as a forum topic, than an issue - I can post there, as well.