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


There are several ways to manage user authentication. These are called Authentication plugins and include:
==Authentication plugins==


*[[Manual accounts]]
Moodle provides a number of ways of [[Managing authentication|managing authentication]], called ''authentication plugins''.
*[[No login]]
*[[Email-based authentication|Email-based self-registration]]
*[[CAS server (SSO)]]
*[[External database authentication|External database]]
*[[FirstClass authentication|FirstClass server]]
*[[IMAP authentication|IMAP server]]
*[[LDAP authentication|LDAP server]]
*[[Moodle Network|Moodle Network authentication]]
*[[NNTP authentication|NNTP server]]
*[[No authentication]]
*[[PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)]]
*[[POP3 server]]
*[[RADIUS authentication|RADIUS server]]
*[[Shibboleth]]
*[[NTLM authentication|NTLM/Integrated Authentication (3rd party plugin)]]


==Multi-authentication==
*[[Manual accounts]] - accounts created manually by an administrator
{{Moodle 1.8}}From Moodle 1.8 onwards, multi-authentication is supported. Simply click on the closed eye icon to enable a particular plugin.
*[[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
*[[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
*[[No authentication]] - for testing purposes or if the Moodle site is not available on the Internet. Do NOT use on public servers!
*[[Shibboleth]] - account details are located on an external Shibboleth server
* Web services authentication
*[[Uniquelogin authentication]] to limit users to one simultaeous session


Each authentication plugin may be used to find a username/password match. Once found, a user is logged in and alternative plugins are not used. Therefore the plugin which handles the most logins should be moved to the top of the page in order that less load is put on authentication servers.
==See also==
 
==Common settings==
Most of these settings are self-explanatory.
 
===Self registration===
If you wish users to be able to create their own user accounts i.e. self-register then select Email-based self-registration from the drop-down menu.
===Alternate login URL===
This should be used with care, since a mistake in the URL or on the actual login page can lock you out of your site. If you do mess it up, you can remove the entry from your database (table mdl_config) using e.g. phpmyadmin for mysql.


==Locking profile fields==
*[[Authentication FAQ]]
To prevent users from altering some fields (e.g. students changing profile information to inappropriate or misleading information), the site administrator can lock profile fields.
 
[[Image:Authent-data-map-fname.jpg|Data Mapping Options]]
*These fields are optional. You can choose to pre-fill some Moodle user fields with information from the LDAP fields that you specify here.  If you leave these fields blank, then nothing will be transferred from LDAP and Moodle defaults will be used instead.  In either case, the user will be able to edit all of these fields after they log in.
*'''Update local''': If enabled, the field will be updated (from external auth) every time the user logs in or there is a user synchronization. Fields set to update locally should be locked.
*'''Lock value''': If enabled, will prevent Moodle users and admins from editing the field directly. Use this option if you are maintaining this data in the external auth system.
*'''Update external''': If enabled, the external auth will be updated when the user record is updated. Fields should be unlocked to allow edits.  Note: Updating external LDAP data requires that you set '''binddn''' and '''bindpw''' to a bind-user with editing privileges to all the user records. It currently does not preserve multi-valued attributes, and will remove extra values on update.
 
If you are using a mixture of authentication types (such as IMAP and manual), then the fields you lock in the authentication options will only apply to the type of authentication indicated by the drop down box at the top of the screen.  Remember to test the field locking by logging in with the proper type of account!  If you test with a manual account but have set the field locking to apply to IMAP accounts, you will not be able to tell if it worked!
 
==See also==
*Multi authentication in [[Upgrading to Moodle 1.8]]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=42 Using Moodle: User authentication] forum


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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

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