diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/auth_ldap.py b/rhodecode/lib/auth_ldap.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/auth_ldap.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/auth_ldap.py
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ class AuthLdap(object):
                 server.protocol = ldap.VERSION3
 
             if self.LDAP_BIND_DN and self.LDAP_BIND_PASS:
-                login_dn = self.BASE_DN % {'user':uid}
-                server.simple_bind_s(login_dn, self.LDAP_BIND_PASS)
+                server.simple_bind_s(self.LDAP_BIND_DN, self.LDAP_BIND_PASS)
 
             dn = self.BASE_DN % {'user':uid}
             log.debug("Authenticating %r at %s", dn, self.LDAP_SERVER)
diff --git a/rhodecode/public/css/style.css b/rhodecode/public/css/style.css
--- a/rhodecode/public/css/style.css
+++ b/rhodecode/public/css/style.css
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ overflow:hidden;
 border-top:1px solid #DDD;
 text-align:left;
 margin:0;
-padding:10px 0 0 114px;
+padding:10px 0 0 150px;
 }
 
 #register div.form div.fields div.buttons div.highlight input.ui-state-default {
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/index.html b/rhodecode/templates/index.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/index.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/index.html
@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@
 	        <h5>${_('Dashboard')}
 	        <input class="top-right-rounded-corner top-left-rounded-corner bottom-left-rounded-corner bottom-right-rounded-corner" id="q_filter" size="15" type="text" name="filter" value="${_('quick filter...')}"/>
 	        </h5>
-	        %if h.HasPermissionAny('hg.admin','hg.create.repository')():
-	        <ul class="links">
-	          <li>
-	            <span>${h.link_to(_('ADD NEW REPOSITORY'),h.url('admin_settings_create_repository'))}</span>
-	          </li>          
-	        </ul>  	        
-	        %endif
+	        %if c.rhodecode_user.username != 'default':
+		        %if h.HasPermissionAny('hg.admin','hg.create.repository')():
+		        <ul class="links">
+		          <li>
+		            <span>${h.link_to(_('ADD NEW REPOSITORY'),h.url('admin_settings_create_repository'))}</span>
+		          </li>          
+		        </ul>  	        
+		        %endif
+		    %endif
 	    </div>
 	    <!-- end box / title -->
         <div class="table">