From 07de15c7953dc817322d51aae3d3098e1ca10b29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sajeyks <sajeyksmwangi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 22:46:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Use plain Django login in dev when no LDAP server is
 configured

---
 dynamicweb/settings/local.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dynamicweb/settings/local.py b/dynamicweb/settings/local.py
index c48a4a2b..28d49bb2 100644
--- a/dynamicweb/settings/local.py
+++ b/dynamicweb/settings/local.py
@@ -26,3 +26,11 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += (
     # debug_toolbar seems to conflict with multisite (and djangocms_multisite)
     #   'debug_toolbar'
     )
+
+# Without an LDAP server (e.g. the docker test stack) log in with plain Django
+# authentication, otherwise every successful login fails creating the LDAP account
+if not AUTH_LDAP_SERVER:
+    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = tuple(
+        'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend'
+        if backend == 'utils.backend.MyLDAPBackend' else backend
+        for backend in AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS)