// Bind to the lookup user account
		if err = l.LDAP.LookupBind(conn); err != nil {
			return "", false, err
		}
	}

	return l.GetValidatedDNUnderBaseDN(conn, groupDN, l.LDAP.GroupSearchBaseDistNames)
}

// GetValidatedDNUnderBaseDN checks if the given DN exists in the LDAP directory
// and returns the DN value sent by the LDAP server. The value returned by the