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hello everyone,

first off i'm new joomla forum no stranger joomla. keep building sites, skills in keeps advancing further i'm little stuck now. so, here can of assistance. i'm trying setup joomla use ldap/ad authentication built in plugin. keeps failing, i've been looking around while , can't find resources it. joomla providing me following error when logging in ad account: "warning: unable find user". i've done as can try , resolve have had no luck.

here config:

host: ad ip
port: 389
ldap v3: yes
negotiate tls: no
follow referrals: yes
authorization method: bind , search
base dn: dc=domain,dc=local
search string: uid=[search],ou=sbsusers,ou=users,ou=other,dc=domain,dc=local
user's dn: null
connect username: domain\user
connect password: pass
map: full name: fullname
map: email: mail
map: user id: samaccountname

that's pretty it. i'm not sure i'm missing. appreciated. thank you.

mjoseph25 wrote:host: ad ip
port: 389
ldap v3: yes
negotiate tls: no
follow referrals: yes
authorization method: bind , search
base dn: dc=domain,dc=local
search string: uid=[search],ou=sbsusers,ou=users,ou=other,dc=domain,dc=local
user's dn: null
connect username: domain\user
connect password: pass
map: full name: fullname
map: email: mail
map: user id: samaccountname

try this:
follow referrals: no
search string: samaccountname=[search] instead of have now