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==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.


There are various ways of managing user '''authentication''':
==Authentication plugins==


:[[Email authentication|Email-based authentication]]
Moodle provides a number of ways of [[Managing authentication|managing authentication]], called ''authentication plugins''.
:Manual accounts only
:No authentication
:PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
:[[Shibboleth]]
:Use a CAS server (SSO)
:[[LDAP authentication|Use an LDAP server]]


===The login page===
*[[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


Depending upon the authentication method (i.e. not applicable for email authentication) login instructions may be easily added. Alternatively, an alternate login URL may be added - please check the discussion [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=26629 Customising the log in page] for further details.
==See also==


==See also==
*[[Authentication FAQ]]


*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=42 Using Moodle: User authentication] forum
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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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