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== Email-based authentication ==
{{Managing a Moodle site}}
Authentication is the process of allowing a user to login to a Moodle site based on their username and password.


Email confirmation is the default authentication method. When the user signs up, choosing their own new username and password, a confirmation email is sent to the user's email address. This email contains a secure link to a page where the user can confirm their account. Future logins just check the username and password against the stored values in the Moodle database.
==Authentication plugins==


== Manual accounts only ==
Moodle provides a number of ways of [[Managing authentication|managing authentication]], called ''authentication plugins''.


This method removes any way for users to create their own accounts. All accounts must be manually created by the admin user.
*[[Manual accounts]] - accounts created manually by an administrator
*[[No login]] - suspend particular user account
*[[Email-based self-registration]] - for enabling users to create their own accounts
*[[CAS server (SSO)]] - account details are located on an external CAS server
*[[External database authentication|External database]] - account details are located on an external database
*[[FirstClass authentication|FirstClass server]] - account details are located on an external FirstClass server
*[[IMAP authentication|IMAP server]] - account details are located on an external IMAP server
*[[LDAP authentication|LDAP server]] - account details are located on an external LDAP server
*[[MNet|Moodle Network authentication]] - how different Moodle sites can connect and authenticate users
*[[NNTP authentication|NNTP server]] - account details are located on an external NNTP server
*[[No authentication]] - for testing purposes only
*[[PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)]] - account details come from the operating system Moodle is running on, via PAM (can only be used Linux/Unix).
*[[POP3 server]] - account details are located on an external POP3 server
*[[RADIUS authentication|RADIUS server]] - account details are located on an external RADIUS server
*[[Shibboleth]] - account details are located on an external Shibboleth server
* Web services authentication


== No authentication ==
==See also==


Users can sign in and create valid accounts immediately, with no authentication against an external server and no confirmation via email. Be careful using this option - think of the security and administration problems this could cause.
*[[Authentication FAQ]]


== PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) ==
[[Category:Authentication]]


This method uses PAM to access the native usernames on this server. You have to install PHP4 PAM Authentication in order to use this module.
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[[fr:Authentification]]
== Shibboleth ==
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[[ja:認証]]
Using this method users are created and authenticated using Shibboleth.
Be sure to read the README for Shibboleth on how to set up your Moodle with Shibboleth.
 
== Use a CAS server (SSO) ==
 
This method uses a CAS server (Central Authentication Service) to authenticate users in a Single Sign On environment (SSO). You can also use a simple LDAP authentication. If the given username and password are valid according to CAS, Moodle creates a new user entry in its database, taking user attributes from LDAP if required. On following logins only the username and password are checked.
 
== Use an LDAP server ==
 
This method provides authentication against an external LDAP server. If the given username and password are valid, Moodle creates a new user entry in its database. This module can read user attributes from LDAP and prefill wanted fields in Moodle. For following logins only the username and password are checked.

Latest revision as of 10:11, 18 October 2011

Authentication is the process of allowing a user to login to a Moodle site based on their username and password.

Authentication plugins

Moodle provides a number of ways of managing authentication, called authentication plugins.

See also

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