diff --git a/ucs/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/debian/changelog b/ucs/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/debian/changelog
index e1bea20..ab4ed5d 100644
--- a/ucs/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/debian/changelog
+++ b/ucs/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+univention-directory-manager-modules (8.0.144-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * fixed broken ldap authentication
+
+ -- Sönke Schwardt-Krummrich <schwardt@univention.de>  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:55:08 +0100
+
 univention-directory-manager-modules (8.0.143-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * version bump (Bug #29918)
diff --git a/ucs/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/scripts/proof_dns_dhcp_records b/ucs/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/scripts/proof_dns_dhcp_records
index 4af2faf..2530562 100755
--- a/ucs/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/scripts/proof_dns_dhcp_records
+++ b/ucs/management/univention-directory-manager-modules/scripts/proof_dns_dhcp_records
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ baseDN=baseConfig['ldap/base']
 
 lo=ldap.open('localhost', 7389)
 bindpw=open('/etc/ldap.secret').read()
-if bindpw[-1] == '\n':
-        bindpw=bindpw[0:-1]
-	lo.simple_bind_s("cn=admin,"+baseDN, bindpw)
+lo.simple_bind_s("cn=admin,"+baseDN, bindpw.strip('\n\r'))
 
 # check for dhcp records without matching computer object