diff --git a/dal/ungleich_ldap.py b/dal/ungleich_ldap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b8bb7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dal/ungleich_ldap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import base64
+import hashlib
+import random
+
+import ldap3
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+class LdapManager:
+    __instance = None
+    def __new__(cls):
+        if LdapManager.__instance is None:
+            LdapManager.__instance = object.__new__(cls)
+        return LdapManager.__instance
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """
+        Initialize the LDAP subsystem.
+        """
+        self.rng = random.SystemRandom()
+        self.server = ldap3.Server(settings.AUTH_LDAP_SERVER)
+
+
+    def get_admin_conn(self):
+        """
+        Return a bound :class:`ldap3.Connection` instance which has write
+        permissions on the dn in which the user accounts reside.
+        """
+        conn = self.get_conn(user=settings.LDAP_ADMIN_DN,
+                        password=settings.LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD,
+                        raise_exceptions=True)
+        conn.bind()
+        return conn
+
+
+    def get_conn(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Return an unbound :class:`ldap3.Connection` which talks to the configured
+        LDAP server.
+
+        The *kwargs* are passed to the constructor of :class:`ldap3.Connection` and
+        can be used to set *user*, *password* and other useful arguments.
+        """
+        return ldap3.Connection(self.server, **kwargs)
+
+
+    def _ssha_password(self, password):
+        """
+        Apply the SSHA password hashing scheme to the given *password*.
+        *password* must be a :class:`bytes` object, containing the utf-8
+        encoded password.
+
+        Return a :class:`bytes` object containing ``ascii``-compatible data
+        which can be used as LDAP value, e.g. after armoring it once more using
+        base64 or decoding it to unicode from ``ascii``.
+        """
+        SALT_BYTES = 15
+
+        sha1 = hashlib.sha1()
+        salt = self.rng.getrandbits(SALT_BYTES * 8).to_bytes(SALT_BYTES,
+                                                               "little")
+        sha1.update(password)
+        sha1.update(salt)
+
+        digest = sha1.digest()
+        passwd = b"{SSHA}" + base64.b64encode(digest + salt)
+        return passwd
+
+
+    def create_user(self, loginname, displayname, mail, password):
+        """
+        Create a new user in the LDAP storage.
+
+        *loginname* must be a unique, valid user id. It is generally safe to
+        pass lower-case ascii letters here. The *loginname* of an account
+        cannot be changed.
+
+        *displayname* is the name which is shown to other users. This can be
+        changed in the future.
+
+        *mail* is a valid mail address of the user.
+
+        *password* is the initial plain text password for the user.
+        """
+
+        conn = self.get_admin_conn()
+        try:
+            conn.add(
+                ("uid={uid}," + settings.LDAP_CUSTOMER_DN).format(uid=loginname),
+                ["inetOrgPerson"],
+                {
+                    "uid": [loginname],
+                    "cn": [displayname],
+                    "sn": ["XXX"],
+                    "givenName": ["XXX"],
+                    "mail": [mail],
+                    "userpassword": [self._ssha_password(
+                        password.encode("utf-8")
+                    )]
+                }
+            )
+        finally:
+            conn.unbind()
+
+
+    def change_password(self, user_dn, new_password):
+        """
+        Changes the password of the user identified by user_dn
+
+        :param user_dn: str The distinguished name for identifying the user
+        :param new_password: str The new password string
+        :return: True if password was changed successfully False otherwise
+        """
+        conn = self.get_admin_conn()
+        return_val = conn.modify(
+            user_dn,
+            {
+                "userpassword": (
+                    ldap3.MODIFY_REPLACE,
+                    [self._ssha_password(new_password.encode("utf-8"))]
+                )
+            }
+        )
+        conn.unbind()
+        return return_val
+
+    def check_user_exists(self, uid, is_customer=True):
+        """
+        Check if the user with the given uid exists in the customer group.
+
+        :param uid: str representing the user
+        :param is_customer: bool representing whether the current user is a
+                            customer. By default, the user is a customer (assume)
+        :return: True if the user exists otherwise return False
+        """
+        conn = self.get_admin_conn()
+        try:
+            result = conn.search(
+                settings.LDAP_CUSTOMER_DN if is_customer else settings.LDAP_USERS_DN,
+                search_filter='(uid={uid})'.format(uid=uid)
+            )
+        finally:
+            conn.unbind()
+        return result
diff --git a/dal/views.py b/dal/views.py
index 26f82f9..8020e44 100644
--- a/dal/views.py
+++ b/dal/views.py
@@ -342,11 +342,15 @@ class ResetRequest(View):
         if len(password1) < 8:
             return render(request, 'error.html', { 'service': service, 'error': 'The password is too short, please use a longer one. At least 8 characters.' } )
         # everything checks out, now change the password
-        with get_pool().next() as rpc:
-            pwd = r'%s' % password1
-            result = rpc.changepassword.change_password(user, pwd)
-        # password change successfull
-        if result == True:
+
+        from .ungleich_ldap import LdapManager
+        ldap_manager = LdapManager()
+        result = ldap_manager.change_password(
+            ("uid={uid}," + settings.LDAP_CUSTOMER_DN).format(uid=user),
+            password1
+        )
+        # password change successful
+        if result:
             return render(request, 'changedpassword.html', { 'user': user } )
         # Something went wrong while changing the password
         else: