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Published Jun. 30, 2025

After enabling LDAP authentication, administrator users who do not exist in LDAP can log in

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Daniel Mijarra

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Issue

  • We have enabled LDAP authentication, checking it as required and we have unchecked Ignore User Search Filter for Authentication.
  • With this configuration applied the administrator users can login even if they do not exist in LDAP.

Environment

  • DXP 7.4

Resolution

  • This is the expected behavior using this configuration, administrator users will be able do login by authenticating against the portal.

  • A solution could be to disable password checking by the internal portal authentication through the auth.pipeline.enable.liferay.check property added in the portal-ext.properties file.
    It is recommended to test this configuration first in non-production environments and evaluate if it fits your use case.

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