openldap - force simple auth?

[Jason Costomiris <jcostom jasons org>]

When using ldapadd from the command line, I can force it to use the 
rootpw entry in the slapd.conf by using the -x switch.

I'd like to manage my directory using phpldapadmin 
(http://phpldapadmin.sf.net), but I'm unable to authenticate because of 
the dreaded error:

SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Internal (implementation specific) error 
(80)
        additional info: SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in 
database

I don't feel the need to run SASL just for the tiny little directory 
I'll be running - an address book for my home LAN that I share with my 
wife.  Any way to force the slapd to use simple auth by default?

--j