}
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Replaces special characters in a string with underscores for group names.
     *
     * @param value the string to process
     * @return the string with special characters replaced by underscores
     */
    protected String replaceWithUnderscores(final String value) {
        return value.replaceAll("[/\\\\\\[\\]:;|=,+\\*?<>]", "_");

ldap.auth.validation=true
# Maximum username length for LDAP.
ldap.max.username.length=-1
# Whether to ignore NetBIOS name in LDAP.
ldap.ignore.netbios.name=true
# Whether to allow underscores in LDAP group names.
ldap.group.name.with.underscores=false
# Whether to use lowercase for LDAP permission names.
ldap.lowercase.permission.name=false
# Whether to allow empty permissions in LDAP.
ldap.allow.empty.permission=true