Title: authentication failed
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# authentication failed

 *  [bransom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bransom/)
 * (@bransom)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authentication-failed/)
 * I too am having trouble getting an initial test to work. I’ve tried adding [@mydomainname](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mydomainname/)
   and I’ve tried reducing the DN to just minimal “DC=A,DC=B,DC=C” (where C is the
   most general, like com). Still no luck, and my AD LDAP is using standard ports.
 * Two basic questions that might help me:
    1. I don’t understand how, if I set 
   my WP site to use SSL for logins and admin, that an LDAP server listening on 
   389 will understand an encrypted auth request. What am I missing here?
 * 2. Is it clear that this works with WPMU? I’m testing it with the plugin only
   activated for a subsite.
    Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/active-directory-integration/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/active-directory-integration/)

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