LDAP authentication ok from manage.py but crash from Apache

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I installed askbot 0.7.50 on Suse SLES11 SP3. I configured it to allow (only) login via LDAP following the optional-modules/ldap-authentication documentation.

When I run it from Apache I can login as local admin user (admin is a local user, not from LDAP). Also when I stop Apache and run askbot with "python manage.py runserver" LDAP login works absolutely fine.

However when I run askbot via Apache and then try to login with an LDAP account, AskBot crashes. I will attach the crash logs (from running AskBot in debug mode) and Apache config file below.

If anybody has a clue what could be the cause of this, I would be glad to hear.

BdbQuit at /account/signin/

No exception supplied

Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://<my_url>/account/signin/
Django Version: 1.5.11
Exception Type: BdbQuit
Exception Location: /usr/lib64/python2.6/bdb.py in dispatch_line, line 65
Python Executable: /usr/bin/python Python
Version: 2.6.9 Python Path: </my_url>

Server time: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:20:23 -0600

Environment:

Request Method: POST Request URL: http://<my_url>/account/signin/</my_url>

Django Version: 1.5.11 Python Version: 2.6.9 Installed Applications: ('longerusername', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.sites', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.humanize', 'django.contrib.sitemaps', 'django.contrib.messages', 'compressor', 'askbot', 'askbot.deps.django_authopenid', 'south', 'askbot.deps.livesettings', 'keyedcache', 'robots', 'django_countries', 'djcelery', 'djkombu', 'followit', 'tinymce', 'group_messaging') Installed Middleware: ('django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', 'askbot.middleware.anon_user.ConnectToSessionMessagesMiddleware', 'askbot.middleware.forum_mode.ForumModeMiddleware', 'askbot.middleware.cancel.CancelActionMiddleware', 'django.middleware.transaction.TransactionMiddleware', 'askbot.middleware.view_log.ViewLogMiddleware', 'askbot.middleware.spaceless.SpacelessMiddleware')

Traceback:
File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/Django-1.5.11-py2.6.egg/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
113. response = callback(request, callback_args, *callback_kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/Django-1.5.11-py2.6.egg/django/utils/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view
91. response = view_func(request, *args, *kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/askbot-0.7.50-py2.6.egg/askbot/deps/django_authopenid/views.py" in signin
471. method = 'ldap'
File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/Django-1.5.11-py2.6.egg/django/contrib/auth/__init__.py" in authenticate
60. user = backend.authenticate(*credentials)
File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/askbot-0.7.50-py2.6.egg/askbot/deps/django_authopenid/backends.py" in authenticate
204. user_info = ldap_authenticate(username, password)
File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/askbot-0.7.50-py2.6.egg/askbot/deps/django_authopenid/ldap_auth.py" in ldap_authenticate_default
61. try:
File "/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/askbot-0.7.50-py2.6.egg/askbot/deps/django_authopenid/ldap_auth.py" in ldap_authenticate_default
61. try:
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/bdb.py" in trace_dispatch
46. return self.dispatch_line(frame)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/bdb.py" in dispatch_line
65. if self.quitting: raise BdbQuit

Exception Type: BdbQuit at /account/signin/ Exception Value:

Request information
GET No GET data
POST Variable Value
username u'ldap_username'
password ...