Joomla LDAP and backslash before CN

Edit Question seems to be in loop, so, here is re-phrased version of the question.

Mambots used: Joomla LDAP and LDAP SSI
LDAP source = Windows 2003 Active Directory

Problem: I am trying to configure LDAP authentication for Joomla so that users can authenticate to the website and their account gets created automatically.

I have succeeded so far that I am able to logon by typing  "AD\username", but avoiding that "AD" in the beginning makes me grazy.

I have tried to put settings like CN=AD (or O=AD or OU=AD), DC=xxx, DC=yyy, DC=com everywhere in settings (Base DN, Users DN) and "AD\ or AD\&[search]" in search string etc... but no success so far. Either logon fails totally or I am able to logon AD\username but not just with "username".

I have followed http://sammoffatt.com.au/jauthtools/LDAP_Tools/Install_Guide  and MS Active Directory related documentation, but haven't been able to find answer so far.

I don't know how our AD is configured excactly, but with other LDAP systems authenticating towards Active Directory AD\%s worked just fine. For Joomla LDAP it doesn't and I do not understand what I am doing wrong.

Hey,

I haven't used Joomla at all, but I'd like to try and help you with this if you still need it?

Chris

Let's close the case. We are looking another solution to replace Joomla, making this issue obsolete.

No solution, time passed the problem where Joomla will be replaced.