Sorry for for almost unreadable reply…
I configured in 7.4.5 and later to connect to windows active directory server (LDAP), my configuration:
xwiki.authentication.ldap=1
xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl
xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=your LDAP servername
xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389
xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN=Name of user having read access to LDAP-server
xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass=password for bind_DN
xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=spefication for user group in LDAP server
xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=sAMAccountName
LDAP field mapping (optional)
XWIKI -> LDAP
email -> mail
first_name -> givenName
last_name -> last_name
Hope this is somewaht clearer…
Wolfgang