AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = "ldap://domain.local"
AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = "domaindjango"
AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = "<Password>"

AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAPSearch("cn=Users,dc=domain,dc=local",
    ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, "(uid=%(user)s)")

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    'django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend',
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
    )

from django_auth_ldap.backend import LDAPBackend
auth = LDAPBackend()
auth.authenticate(username="omers", password="<password>")