LDAP -or- internal user management

Hi, Using XWiki 1.0B3. After switching to using LDAP (using our eDirectory), the current user access management behavior that I am seeing is, that 1. I can login with a user/pwd authenticated against LDAP/eDirectory. If the user does not already exist in XWiki, the user appears to be created. 2. A user, created in XWiki CANNOT Login anymore, if he/she is not an LDAP user. (Why is that?) 3. The old passwords do not work anymore for users with a matching entry in XWiki and LDAP. (ok) Why can't I add user per hand if I use LDAP? This would at least allow some Workaround for some other limitations and give the administrator a way to allow users that for some reasons do not get an entry in the LDAP. Can I hope for XWiki 1.0 to include the handling of an LDAP group for authentication? I have read a blog mentioning LDAP group support being planned for 1.0. Is this still the case? Regards, GLeeb xwiki.authentication.ldap=1 xwiki.authentication.ldap.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.LDAPAuthServiceImpl xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=dsmaster xwiki.authentication.ldap.check_level=1 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389 xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=cn={0},department=USER,department=INFORMATIK,department=1230,o=MP xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1} xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=uid (I have posted this issue before but now I have split up the issues to allow separate answers.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------