continuum :: redback :: security.properties not overriding properly application.xml

in webapps/continuum/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/plexus/application.xml I 'hardcoded' my user.base.dn as ou=People,dc=jquantlib,dc=org, as shown below:

<component>
<role>org.codehaus.plexus.redback.common.ldap.UserMapper</role>
<role-hint>ldap</role-hint>
<implementation>org.codehaus.plexus.redback.common.ldap.LdapUserMapper</implementation>
<configuration>
<email-attribute>email</email-attribute>
<full-name-attribute>givenName</full-name-attribute>
<password-attribute>userPassword</password-attribute>
<user-id-attribute>cn</user-id-attribute>
<user-base-dn>ou=People,dc=jquantlib,dc=org</user-base-dn>
<user-object-class>inetOrgPerson</user-object-class>
</configuration>
<requirements>
<requirement>
<role>org.codehaus.plexus.redback.configuration.UserConfiguration</role>
</requirement>
</requirements>
</component>

I was obliged to do it in this file and repackage the .WAR file because the value specified is not properly loaded.
For instance, if I defined

user.manager.impl=ldap
ldap.bind.authenticator.enabled=true
redback.default.admin=admin
redback.default.guest=guest
security.policy.password.expiration.enabled=false
user.manager.impl=cached
ldap.bind.authenticator.enabled=true

ldap.config.hostname=localhost
ldap.config.port=389
ldap.config.base.dn=dc=jquantlib,dc=org
ldap.config.context.factory=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory
ldap.config.bind.dn=cn=admin,dc=jquantlib,dc=org
ldap.config.password=secret
#ldap.config.authentication.method=

ldap.config.mapper.attribute.email=mail
ldap.config.mapper.attribute.fullname=givenName
ldap.config.mapper.attribute.password=userPassword
ldap.config.mapper.attribute.user.id=cn
#ldap.config.mapper.attribute.user.base.dn=ou=People,dc=jquantlib,dc=org
ldap.config.mapper.attribute.user.object.class=inetOrgPerson
#ldap.config.mapper.attribute.user.filter=

As a matter of test, I changed user.base.dn as show below:
ldap.config.mapper.attribute.user.base.dn=ou=Test,dc=jquantlib,dc=org

In continnum.log it shows like this:
INFO ldapController - Searching for users with filter: '(&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(cn=guest))' from base dn: ou=Test

If I comment out that line...
#ldap.config.mapper.attribute.user.base.dn=ou=Test,dc=jquantlib,dc=org

it show like this in the logfile:
INFO ldapController - Searching for users with filter: '(&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(cn=guest))' from base dn: ou=People,dc=jquantlib,dc=org

It means that "ou=Test,dc=jquantlib,dc=org" was wrongly read as "ou=Test"

Thanks

Richard Gomes
http://www.jquantlib.org/index.php/User:RichardGomes