char textbuf[SLAP_TEXT_BUFLEN];
        size_t textlen = sizeof textbuf;
        AttributeDescription *children = slap_schema.si_ad_children;
+       AttributeDescription *entry = slap_schema.si_ad_entry;
        DB_TXN          *ltid = NULL;
        struct bdb_op_info opinfo;
 #ifdef BDB_SUBENTRIES
 
        if( 0 ) {
 retry: /* transaction retry */
+               if( p ) {
+                       /* free parent and reader lock */
+                       bdb_unlocked_cache_return_entry_r( &bdb->bi_cache, p );
+                       p = NULL;
+               }
                rc = TXN_ABORT( ltid );
                ltid = NULL;
                op->o_private = NULL;
                switch( opinfo.boi_err ) {
                case DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK:
                case DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED:
-                       /* free parent and reader lock */
-                       bdb_unlocked_cache_return_entry_r( &bdb->bi_cache, p );
-                       p = NULL;
                        goto retry;
                }
 
                 */
                if ( !be_isroot( be, &op->o_ndn )) {
                        if ( be_issuffix( be, (struct berval *)&slap_empty_bv )
-                               || be_isupdate( be, &op->o_ndn ) ) {
+                               || be_isupdate( be, &op->o_ndn ) )
+                       {
                                p = (Entry *)&slap_entry_root;
 
                                /* check parent for "children" acl */
                                rc = access_allowed( be, conn, op, p,
                                        children, NULL, ACL_WRITE, NULL );
+
                                p = NULL;
 
                                switch( opinfo.boi_err ) {
 #endif
        }
 
+       rc = access_allowed( be, conn, op, e,
+               entry, NULL, ACL_WRITE, NULL );
+
+       switch( opinfo.boi_err ) {
+       case DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK:
+       case DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED:
+               goto retry;
+       }
+
+       if ( ! rc ) {
+#ifdef NEW_LOGGING
+               LDAP_LOG ( OPERATION, DETAIL1, 
+                       "bdb_add: no write access to entry\n", 0, 0, 0 );
+#else
+               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "bdb_add: no write access to entry\n",
+                       0, 0, 0 );
+#endif
+               rc = LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS;
+               text = "no write access to entry";
+               goto return_results;;
+       }
+
        /* dn2id index */
        rc = bdb_dn2id_add( be, ltid, &pdn, e );
        if ( rc != 0 ) {
 
        const char *text;
        int             manageDSAit = get_manageDSAit( op );
        AttributeDescription *children = slap_schema.si_ad_children;
+       AttributeDescription *entry = slap_schema.si_ad_entry;
        DB_TXN          *ltid = NULL;
        struct bdb_op_info opinfo;
 
                                /* check parent for "children" acl */
                                rc = access_allowed( be, conn, op, p,
                                        children, NULL, ACL_WRITE, NULL );
+
                                p = NULL;
 
                                switch( opinfo.boi_err ) {
 #endif
        }
 
+       rc = access_allowed( be, conn, op, e,
+               entry, NULL, ACL_WRITE, NULL );
+
+       switch( opinfo.boi_err ) {
+       case DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK:
+       case DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED:
+               goto retry;
+       }
+
        /* get entry for read/modify/write */
        rc = bdb_dn2entry_w( be, ltid, ndn, &e, &matched, DB_RMW, locker, &lock );
 
 
 {
        struct bdb_info *bdb = (struct bdb_info *) be->be_private;
        AttributeDescription *children = slap_schema.si_ad_children;
+       AttributeDescription *entry = slap_schema.si_ad_entry;
        struct berval   p_dn, p_ndn;
        struct berval   new_dn = {0, NULL}, new_ndn = {0, NULL};
        int             isroot = -1;
 
                new_parent_dn = np_dn;
        }
-       
+
+       /* check write on old entry */
+       rc = access_allowed( be, conn, op, e,
+               entry, NULL, ACL_WRITE, NULL );
+
+       switch( opinfo.boi_err ) {
+       case DB_LOCK_DEADLOCK:
+       case DB_LOCK_NOTGRANTED:
+               goto retry;
+       }
+
+       if ( rc ) {
+#ifdef NEW_LOGGING
+               LDAP_LOG ( OPERATION, ERR, 
+                       "==>bdb_modrdn: no access to entry\n", 0, 0, 0 );
+#else
+               Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "no access to entry\n", 0,
+                       0, 0 );
+#endif
+               send_ldap_result( conn, op, LDAP_INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS,
+                       NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
+               goto return_results;
+       }
+
+
        /* Build target dn and make sure target entry doesn't exist already. */
        build_new_dn( &new_dn, new_parent_dn, newrdn );