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Asked: 2026-05-15T15:23:00+00:00

I am trying to authenticate users on my site with their LDAP credentials. However

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I am trying to authenticate users on my site with their LDAP credentials. However the bind to the active directory seems to require my credentials first before I can authenticate any other username/passwords.
I don’t want to hardcode my credentials in the application. Any suggestions?

$self->authen->config( 
DRIVER => [ 'Authen::Simple::LDAP',
host   => 'ldapad.company.com',
basedn => 'OU=XXX,OU=AD,DC=YYY,DC=ZZZ', 
binddn => 'CN=myname,OU=Users,OU=company,OU=AD,DC=company,DC=ZZZ',
bindpw => 'secret',
filter => '(cn=%s)',   

],

CREDENTIALS          => [ 'authen_username', 'authen_password' ],
STORE                => 'Session',
LOGOUT_RUNMODE       => 'logout',
LOGIN_RUNMODE        => 'login',
POST_LOGIN_RUNMODE   => 'okay',
RENDER_LOGIN         => \&my_login_form,

);

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is a standard FAQ item for LDAP to A/D.

    You must create a special user for the purpose of binding to A/D, and hardcode the credentials in your client. AFAIK there’s no way around this requirement, though if there’s newer information available (I solved this a few years ago) I’d love to know.

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