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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 is the process of allowing a user to log in to a Moodle site with a username and password.


==Authentication plugins==
==Authentication plugins==
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*[[CAS server (SSO)]] - account details are located on an external CAS server
*[[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
*[[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
*[[LDAP authentication|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
*[[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
*[[No authentication]] - for testing purposes or if the Moodle site is not available on the Internet. Do NOT use on public servers!
*[[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 authentication|RADIUS server]] - account details are located on an external RADIUS server
*[[Shibboleth]] - account details are located on an external Shibboleth server
*[[Shibboleth]] - account details are located on an external Shibboleth server
* Web services authentication
* Web services authentication
*[[Uniquelogin authentication]] to limit users to one simultaeous session


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 16:53, 13 November 2017

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.

See also