Hi Cliff,


> We're using Active Directory and non-default directory structure.  I
> still cannot figure out how geoserver would actually know the DN for a
> user.  It would not get it from the bind operation.  We bind with just a
> plain email address and password.  This bind process does not return any
> data about the user entry.
>

Ok, just to explain the whole process: after binding the user with username
@bloomington.in.gov <[email protected]> and the given password, a
search is done with the filter userPrincipalName={0} and then if one and
only one user is found the DN of that user is extracted.

Mauro



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