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*[[MNet|Moodle Network authentication]] - how different Moodle sites can connect and authenticate users | *[[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 | *[[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 | *[[No authentication]] - for testing purposes or if the Moodle site is not available on the Internet. Do NOT use on public servers! | ||
*[[PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)]] - account details come from the operating system Moodle is running on, via PAM (can only be used Linux/Unix). | *[[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 | *[[POP3 server]] - account details are located on an external POP3 server | ||
Latest revision as of 21:27, 8 November 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. Do NOT use on public servers!
- 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
