code: public function validatePassword($password)
      {
          //is yii2 profiling enabled?
          if(static::getExtensionOptions('ENABLE_YII2_PROFILING') == true) {
              Yii::beginProfile('LDAP validatePassword function', static::YII2_PROFILE_NAME . 'validatePassword');
          }
              
          $passwordValid = static::getAdldapProvider()->auth()->attempt($this->username,$password);
          
          if(static::getExtensionOptions('ENABLE_YII2_PROFILING') == true) {
              Yii::endProfile('LDAP validatePassword function', static::YII2_PROFILE_NAME . 'validatePassword');
          }
          return $passwordValid;
      }
docs: Validates password
  
  @param string $password password to validate
  @return bool if password provided is valid for current user