We just built our first AEM 6.4 server and have configured the LDAP authentication. When logging in with an LDAP user (not a locally created user) we get an Error 500 page and the /aem/start.html page doesn't load. Even if you manually enter the URL, it doesn't load, just gives the Error 500. However, if we login with an internally created test user, we go right to the /aem/start.html page.
The LDAP configuration appears to be correct because the user can log in - I have tested using the wrong password and get the error message for that. Also, when I go to Security - Permissions, I see that the user has been created, and that the LDAP group that they belong to has been created. I assumed that it was a permissions issue and gave their Group the correct permissions - in this case Administrator group membership - then closed the browser and logged in again. No joy. However, if I log in with Admin and then Impersonate the user, I get to everything (Sites, Assets, Tools, all of it).
We are currently running three tiers of AEM 6.3 with LDAP - the exact same LDAP settings that we configured on this new 6.4 server. That has been working for years without a problem. So we are very familiar with how to configure the settings. And so far the logs have failed to give us any insight.
Is there something about the LDAP configuration that has changed since 6.3? Anyone else have a similar problem?
Thanks!
Diana W.
