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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|managing authentication]], called ''authentication plugins''. | |||
*[[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 or if the Moodle site is not available on the Internet | |||
*[[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 | |||
== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Authentication FAQ]] | |||
[[Category:Authentication]] | |||
[[eu:Erabiltzaileen_autentifikazioa]] | |||
[[fr:Authentification]] | |||
[[de:Authentifizierung]] | |||
[[ja:認証]] | |||
[[es:Autenticación]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:57, 23 January 2013
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.
- 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 - account details are located on an external database
- FirstClass server - account details are located on an external FirstClass server
- IMAP server - account details are located on an external IMAP server
- LDAP server - account details are located on an external LDAP server
- Moodle Network authentication - how different Moodle sites can connect and authenticate users
- NNTP server - account details are located on an external NNTP server
- No authentication - for testing purposes or if the Moodle site is not available on the Internet
- 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 server - account details are located on an external RADIUS server
- Shibboleth - account details are located on an external Shibboleth server
- Web services authentication