# User Login-Method - only E-Mail displayed - No LDAP

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/user-login-method-only-e-mail-displayed-no-ldap/6377>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 18, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/user-login-method-only-e-mail-displayed-no-ldap/6377 "2018-12-18T09:41:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mk2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mk2010](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/mk2010)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/user-login-method-only-e-mail-displayed-no-ldap/6377/1 "2018-12-18T09:41:24Z")

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Hello Community,

i have a couple of LDAP Users in my enviroment. But today the Login-Method of all my users are only displayed as “E-Mail” - NO LDAP

can someone tell whats the problem ist ?

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**Author:** ![jasonblais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jasonblais/32/720_2.png) [@jasonblais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jasonblais)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/user-login-method-only-e-mail-displayed-no-ldap/6377/2 "2018-12-19T05:37:00Z")

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Hey @mk2010

1. Can you take a screenshot of the first two settings you see in System Console \> AD/LDAP?
2. Where do you see their login method displayed? In System Console \> Users?

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**Author:** ![mk2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mk2010](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/mk2010)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/user-login-method-only-e-mail-displayed-no-ldap/6377/3 "2018-12-19T09:21:02Z")

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Hey Jason, meanwhile the settings are the same as before, the login with LDAP also worked, but why the settings were just gone, I can not understand.  
Not that at some point these settings are gone and the user can not log in, that would be a disaster. Currently we are not productive, but I hope from mid-January

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**Author:** ![jasonblais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jasonblais/32/720_2.png) [@jasonblais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jasonblais)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/user-login-method-only-e-mail-displayed-no-ldap/6377/4 "2018-12-19T12:20:34Z")

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Hey @mk2010 - thanks for the reply.

> but why the settings were just gone, I can not understand.

1. Can you check you have a license uploaded at System Console \> Edition and License? (the page is near the bottom of the left-hand side list in System Console)
2. Can you help take a screenshot of your About Mattermost modal? (from Main Menu \> About Mattermost)

We’ll get this resolved for you 🙂

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**Author:** ![mk2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mk2010](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/mk2010)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/user-login-method-only-e-mail-displayed-no-ldap/6377/5 "2018-12-19T15:00:57Z")

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Hey Jason,

actually we are testing mattermost, so we have just a trial License loaded.  
But the decision from the management team is , we will use it in the future , started with 400 users .  
iam actually connected with ur german partner bytemine.

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**Author:** ![jasonblais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/jasonblais/32/720_2.png) [@jasonblais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jasonblais)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/user-login-method-only-e-mail-displayed-no-ldap/6377/6 "2018-12-19T15:34:20Z")

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@mk2010

Did you lose LDAP after upgrading Mattermost? I’m wondering why you may have suddenly lost those settings.
