LDAP: error code 49 - INVALID_CREDENTIALS https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&threadId=4384542 2026-04-08T00:07:19Z 2026-04-08T00:07:19Z Mohamed Faisal https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=32501675 2013-12-17T06:26:23Z 2013-12-17T06:26:23Z

Hi Muhtaroglu,<br /><br />I am getting same error.<br />what modification needs to be done in portal-ext.properties?<br /><br />Regards,<br />Faisal

Mohamed Faisal 2013-12-17T06:26:23Z ilke Muhtaroglu https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=4394513 2009-12-21T17:42:06Z 2009-12-21T17:42:06Z

It worked. I was getting the error because my password was not saved in plain text. It was hashed but looks like plain...<br /><br />I modified ext.properties file and after debugging and controlling whether required is set. I found that LDAPAuth.java (authenticate()) and required() are called and now functions properly.<br /><br />Thanks for the help.

ilke Muhtaroglu 2009-12-21T17:42:06Z Hubert Felber https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=4394508 2009-12-21T17:38:17Z 2009-12-21T17:38:17Z

I would suggest you to debug LDAPAuth.java (authenticate()) to see what&#39;s going on.<br />Do you authenticate by screenname or email address? Is your search filter in portal-ext.properties set?<br /> ldap.auth.search.filter=(uid=@screen_name@)<br /><br />hint: if you change the ext.properties file after the initial run, you have to do the changes in the portal, because these settings overwrite the properties settings.<br /><br />Regards<br />hub<br /><br />p.s.<br />test@liferay.com is authenticated against LDAP and probly does not exist in the LDAP directory.<br />as far as I know, LDAP authentication is skipped if the user is omni admin. Is your company web id still &#34;liferay.com&#34;?<br /><br />company.default.web.id=liferay.com

Hubert Felber 2009-12-21T17:38:17Z ilke Muhtaroglu https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=4384541 2009-12-17T11:27:59Z 2009-12-17T11:27:59Z

From the browser(Liferay Contraol panel) I can connect to Apache DS and list the users successfuly !<br /><br />But when I try to login with one of that available person. I get following error :<br /><br /><br /><br />09:09:18,245 ERROR [LDAPAuth:299] Failed to bind to the LDAP server: [LDAP: error code 49 - INVALID_CREDENTIALS: Bind failed: Cannot authenticate user cn=janesmith,dc=example,dc=com]<br /><br />what i was doing is following the simple LDAP guide at page &#34;http://docs.liferay.com/portal/4.2/official/liferay-installation-guide-4.2/multipage/ch05s02.html&#34; ! <br /><br />Any suggestion or idea ?<br /><br /><br />AND<br /><br />this is the exception thrown when I login with test@liferay.com<br /><br />here there is ou=users at dn !<br /><br /><br /><br />12:04:10,088 ERROR [PortalLDAPUtil:256] javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: [LDAP: error code 32 - NO_SUCH_OBJECT: failed for Add Request :<br />ClientEntry<br /> dn: cn=test,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com<br /> objectclass: top<br /> objectclass: person<br /> objectclass: inetOrgPerson<br /> objectclass: organizationalPerson<br /> mail: test@liferay.com<br /> sn: Test<br /> cn: test<br /> givenName: Test<br />: Parent ou=users,dc=example,dc=com not found]; remaining name &#39;cn=test,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com&#39;<br />javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: [LDAP: error code 32 - NO_SUCH_OBJECT: failed for Add Request :<br />ClientEntry<br /> dn: cn=test,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com<br /> objectclass: top<br /> objectclass: person<br /> objectclass: inetOrgPerson<br /> objectclass: organizationalPerson<br /> mail: test@liferay.com<br /> sn: Test<br /> cn: test<br /> givenName: Test<br />: Parent ou=users,dc=example,dc=com not found]; remaining name &#39;cn=test,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com&#39;

ilke Muhtaroglu 2009-12-17T11:27:59Z