diff --git a/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/server/ldap/LdapUserDAO.java b/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/server/ldap/LdapUserDAO.java
index 33eebfbc0ddb099240953bcafc8f048f18f1e3ba..63e12252f73b920253540effaad16de57917d7d5 100755
--- a/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/server/ldap/LdapUserDAO.java
+++ b/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/src/ca/nrc/cadc/ac/server/ldap/LdapUserDAO.java
@@ -407,9 +407,8 @@ public class LdapUserDAO<T extends Principal> extends LdapDAO
                             .getClass());
         }
 
-        searchField = "(" + searchField + "=" +
-                      AuthenticationUtil.canonizeDistinguishedName(
-                              user.getUserID().getName()) + ")";
+        searchField = "(" + searchField + "=" + user.getUserID().getName()
+                      + ")";
 
         SearchResultEntry searchResult = null;
         try
diff --git a/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/test/LdapConfig.test.properties b/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/test/LdapConfig.test.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..efcdb0ce03d25c609bccd2097f0a5c4e65d658b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/cadcAccessControl-Server/test/LdapConfig.test.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This are the configuration fields required by the Ldap ldap-dao unit tests
+server = proc5-03.cadc.dao.nrc.ca
+port = 636
+proxyUser = webproxy
+usersDn = ou=Users,ou=ds,dc=canfar,dc=net
+groupsDn = ou=Groups,ou=ds,dc=canfar,dc=net
+adminGroupsDn = ou=adminGroups,ou=ds,dc=canfar,dc=net
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