I think i got it now, the row count needed to be after the fetchall

seafile-ldap.py

@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ for ldapUser in ldapUsers:
     logger.debug("Checking if LDAP user {0} is in SQl Table".format(ldapUser.mail))
     cnx = mysql.connector.connect(**dbconfig)
     cursor = cnx.cursor()
-    query = "SELECT * FROM LDAPUsers WHERE is_staff = 1".format(ldapUser.mail)
+    query = "SELECT * FROM LDAPUsers WHERE email = '{0}'".format(ldapUser.mail)
     logger.debug("Query: {0}".format(query))
     cursor.execute(query)
+    sqlLDAPuser = cursor.fetchall()
     row_count = cursor.rowcount
     logger.debug("Found {0} SQL LDAP user".format(row_count))
-    sqlLDAPuser = cursor.fetchall()
     cnx.close()
     if row_count == 1:
         # User is in the sql table