Index: com/sun/enterprise/security/auth/realm/ldap/LDAPRealm.java =================================================================== --- com/sun/enterprise/security/auth/realm/ldap/LDAPRealm.java (revision 33281) +++ com/sun/enterprise/security/auth/realm/ldap/LDAPRealm.java (working copy) @@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ p.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, bindDN); p.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, password); + p.put(Context.SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION, "simple"); DirContext ctx = null; try {