Update Post.php

See comments on issue with the author() area

src/Models/Post.php

@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ public function statusDesc(): string
     /** @return BelongsTo<Post, Model> */
     public function author(): BelongsTo
     {
-        return $this->belongsTo(config('auth.providers.users.model'), 'user_id', 'id');
+       // return $this->belongsTo(config('auth.providers.users.model'), 'user_id', 'id');
+        // To acocomodate using LDAPRecord ( https://ldaprecord.com/docs/laravel/v3/auth/database/configuration#introduction ) the belongs to relation needs to look back at the database model rather than the LDAP model.  The LDAP model itself doesn't have provision for 
+        // the belongsTo relationship and instead gives an error from the Spatie permissions side: LDAP RECORD with Spatie Permissions gives error "The LDAP connection [mysql] does not exist."
+          return $this->belongsTo( !empty(config('auth.providers.users.database.model')) ? config('auth.providers.users.database.model') : config('auth.providers.users.model'), 'user_id', 'id');
+
     }
 
     /** @return BelongsTo<Post, Post> */