"ERROR: Empty password disallowed" on ldapauth_authenticate

[csolisr]

Describe the bug

The Friendica logs currently report a constant error regarding the LDAP authentication.

Context

• Hardware: Dedicated home server
• YunoHost version: 11.2.10
• I have access to my server: Through SSH, webadmin, direct access
• Are you in a special context or did you perform some particular tweaking on your YunoHost instance?: yes
  • If yes, please explain: Manually updated Friendica to the development branch to see if the issue no longer occurred, with no difference noticed.
• Using, or trying to install package version/branch: 2023.12 / Develop

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Friendica
2. Configure the log to point towards a file that Friendica has access to (in my case I created a new folder to point towards /var/www/friendica/logs/friendica.log)
3. Wait a few minutes
4. See the following error, or a similar one, spammed around once a minute:

ERROR | Empty password disallowed
ldapauth.php | ldapauth_authenticate

Expected behavior

There should be no errors notified on the Friendica log related to the authentication. For some reason, the authentication is constantly sending an empty password to some point of the workflow instead of using the stored credentials.

Logs

Date | Level | Context | Message
2024-02-17T06:07:37Z | ERROR | app | Empty password disallowed

File | Line | Function | UID | Process ID
ldapauth.php | 78 | ldapauth_authenticate | cc4433 | 3373298