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+Enhancement: Fix envvar defaults
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+Defaults for the envvar OCIS_LDAP_DISABLE_USER_MECHANISM were not used consistently, correct is `attribute`.
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+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/6516
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/issues/6513