[mod_python] ldap woes

I am able to authenticate users under MoinMoin with python ldap as well
as command line on the same server using the following mechanism:

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import ldap

ldapServer = '192.168.1.100'
ldapConfig = 'uid=%s,ou=people,dc=assembleco,dc=x'

l = ldap.open(ldapServer)

if password == "":
	password = "wrong"

try:
	l.simple_bind_s(ldapConfig % ('%s'%username), ('%s'%password))
	
except ldap.LDAPError, e:
	print e

#

Under mod_python, it fails with the following error:

{'desc': 'Encoding error'}


any ideas as to why it would act this way just with mod_python? 

Thanks!


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