diff -r 541659c39f6a -r c8a5ac2d1eaa server/test/unittest_ldapuser.py
--- a/server/test/unittest_ldapuser.py	Sat Oct 09 00:05:50 2010 +0200
+++ b/server/test/unittest_ldapuser.py	Sat Oct 09 00:05:52 2010 +0200
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import socket
 
 from logilab.common.testlib import TestCase, unittest_main, mock_object
-from cubicweb.devtools import TestServerConfiguration
 from cubicweb.devtools.testlib import CubicWebTC
 from cubicweb.devtools.repotest import RQLGeneratorTC
 
@@ -53,25 +52,51 @@
     # don't check upassword !
     return self.extid2eid(user['dn'], 'CWUser', session)
 
+def setup_module(*args):
+    global repo
+    LDAPUserSourceTC._init_repo()
+    repo = LDAPUserSourceTC.repo
+    add_ldap_source(LDAPUserSourceTC.cnx)
+
+def teardown_module(*args):
+    global repo
+    repo.shutdown()
+    del repo
+
+def add_ldap_source(cnx):
+    cnx.request().create_entity('CWSource', name=u'ldapuser', type=u'ldapuser',
+                                config=u'''
+# ldap host
+host=ldap1
+# base DN to lookup for usres
+user-base-dn=ou=People,dc=logilab,dc=fr
+# user search scope
+user-scope=ONELEVEL
+# classes of user
+user-classes=top,posixAccount
+# attribute used as login on authentication
+user-login-attr=uid
+# name of a group in which ldap users will be by default
+user-default-group=users
+# map from ldap user attributes to cubicweb attributes
+user-attrs-map=gecos:email,uid:login
+''')
+    cnx.commit()
+    # XXX: need this first query else we get 'database is locked' from
+    # sqlite since it doesn't support multiple connections on the same
+    # database
+    # so doing, ldap inserted users don't get removed between each test
+    rset = cnx.cursor().execute('CWUser X')
+    # check we get some users from ldap
+    assert len(rset) > 1
 
 
 class LDAPUserSourceTC(CubicWebTC):
-    config = TestServerConfiguration('data')
-    config.sources_file = lambda : 'data/sourcesldap'
 
     def patch_authenticate(self):
         self._orig_authenticate = LDAPUserSource.authenticate
         LDAPUserSource.authenticate = nopwd_authenticate
 
-    def setup_database(self):
-        # XXX: need this first query else we get 'database is locked' from
-        # sqlite since it doesn't support multiple connections on the same
-        # database
-        # so doing, ldap inserted users don't get removed between each test
-        rset = self.sexecute('CWUser X')
-        # check we get some users from ldap
-        self.assert_(len(rset) > 1)
-
     def tearDown(self):
         if hasattr(self, '_orig_authenticate'):
             LDAPUserSource.authenticate = self._orig_authenticate
@@ -378,19 +403,10 @@
         res = trfunc.apply([[1, 2], [2, 4], [3, 6], [1, 5]])
         self.assertEqual(res, [[1, 5], [2, 4], [3, 6]])
 
-# XXX
-LDAPUserSourceTC._init_repo()
-repo = LDAPUserSourceTC.repo
-
-def teardown_module(*args):
-    global repo
-    del repo
-    del RQL2LDAPFilterTC.schema
-
 class RQL2LDAPFilterTC(RQLGeneratorTC):
-    schema = repo.schema
 
     def setUp(self):
+        self.schema = repo.schema
         RQLGeneratorTC.setUp(self)
         ldapsource = repo.sources[-1]
         self.pool = repo._get_pool()