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[András Bendzsák <address@concealed>]

> According to the documentation Sympa supports "authentication using LDAP =
> directory instead of sympa internal storage of password", however the =
> passwords in my LDAP database are stored in the "userPassword" field and =
> this field name is not referenced anywhere in the Sympa source code, nor =
> is it configurable.  So how can Sympa check my users' passwords against =
> the LDAP database?

Sympa try to bind as the user to the LDAP directory server, so the
password field is unnecessary.
Try to bind to the directory server with ldap. If it works you
will capture the network traffic between the LDAP and Sympa server and
debug it with eg. wireshark.

-- 
Andras Bendzsak