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JOSIAH_BOZIAH
Explorer
Jun 24, 2023 10:50 PM UTC
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LDAP user credentials does not work, invalid credentials

I successfully created a LDAP server on my Fortiwifi, The connection to the Server works, but not the user credentials says invalid credentials. I tried the credentials on windows and logs in successfully

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JOSIAH_BOZIAH
Explorer
Jun 24, 2023 11:07 PM UTC

The issue is resolved, when i created a user on the AD i had to uncheck the field change "password at first logon" and also change the Common Name Identifier as sAMAccountName

 

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JOSIAH_BOZIAH
JOSIAH_BOZIAHAuthorAnswer
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Jun 24, 2023 11:07 PM UTC

The issue is resolved, when i created a user on the AD i had to uncheck the field change "password at first logon" and also change the Common Name Identifier as sAMAccountName

 

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parteeksharma
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Staff
Jun 25, 2023 1:55 PM UTC

Hi Josiah_Boziah,

Its good to know that you were able to resolve the issues. In case if you face issue related to user based authentication for LDAP, please check below document:

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Troubleshooting-Tip-Fortigate-LDAP/ta-p/196280 

Regards,
Parteek

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JOSIAH_BOZIAH
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Jun 26, 2023 10:13 PM UTC

Thank you 

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