diff -r 4fd523fff13b -r 0a29110b94ec src/server/daemon/ldap_resource.c
--- a/src/server/daemon/ldap_resource.c	Sat Mar 11 13:57:30 2023 +0100
+++ b/src/server/daemon/ldap_resource.c	Sat Mar 11 17:14:51 2023 +0100
@@ -57,26 +57,18 @@
     
 #ifdef SOLARIS
     ld = ldap_init(config->hostname, config->port);
-    if(ld) {
-        ldap_set_option(ld, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &ldap_version);
-    } else {
-        log_ereport(
-                LOG_FAILURE,
-                "ldap_resource_create_connection failed: host: %s port: %d",
-                hostname,
-                port);
-    }
 #else
     char *ldap_uri = NULL;
     asprintf(&ldap_uri, "ldap://%s:%d", hostname, port);
     ld = ws_ldap_resource_create_uri_connection(ldap_uri, ldap_version);
     free(ldap_uri);
 #endif
-    if(!ld) {
-        return NULL;
+    
+    if(ld) {
+        ldap_set_option(ld, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &ldap_version);
     }
     
-    return NULL;
+    return ld;
 }
 
 LDAP* ws_ldap_resource_create_uri_connection(
@@ -191,7 +183,7 @@
     if(!ldap) {
         log_ereport(
                 LOG_FAILURE,
-                "Resource pool %s: %s: cannot create LDAP session",
+                "resource pool %s: %s: cannot create LDAP session",
                 respool->name,
                 respool->ldap_uri ? respool->ldap_uri : respool->host);
         return NULL;
@@ -199,8 +191,9 @@
     
     if(respool->bind) {
         struct berval *server_cred;
-        if(ldap_resource_bind(respool, ldap, &server_cred) != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
-            log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "Resource pool %s: bind failed", respool->name);
+        int r = ldap_resource_bind(respool, ldap, &server_cred);
+        if(r != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+            log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "resource pool %s: bind failed: %s", respool->name, ldap_err2string(r));
             ws_ldap_close(ldap);
             return NULL;
         }
@@ -244,16 +237,20 @@
     if(!respool->binddn) {
         return -1;
     }
-    
+    return ws_ldap_bind(ldap, respool->binddn, respool->bindpw, server_cred);
+}
+
+int ws_ldap_bind(LDAP *ldap, const char *binddn, const char *bindpw, struct berval **server_cred) {
     struct berval cred;
-    cred.bv_val = respool->bindpw;
+    cred.bv_val = (char*)bindpw;
     cred.bv_len = strlen(cred.bv_val);
     return ldap_sasl_bind_s(
             ldap,
-            respool->binddn,
+            binddn,
             LDAP_SASL_SIMPLE,
             &cred,
             NULL,
             NULL,
             server_cred);
 }
+