Authentication

Authentication is the process of allowing a user to log in to a Moodle site with a 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
• LTI - works with the Publish as LTI tool enrolment method to connect courses and activities
• 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
• Shibboleth - account details are located on an external Shibboleth server
• Web services authentication
• Uniquelogin authentication to limit users to one simultaeous session

See also

• Authentication FAQ