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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.

Standard authentication plugins are:

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
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
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

There are also many additional authentication plugins in the Moodle plugins directory.

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-== Email-based authentication ==
+{{Managing a Moodle site}}
+Authentication is the process of allowing a user to log in to a Moodle site with a username and password.
-Email confirmation is the default authentication method. When the user signs up, choosing their own new username and password, a confirmation email is sent to the user's email address. This email contains a secure link to a page where the user can confirm their account. Future logins just check the username and password against the stored values in the Moodle database.
+==Authentication plugins==
-== Manual accounts only ==
+Moodle provides a number of ways of [[Managing authentication|managing authentication]], called ''authentication plugins''.
-This method removes any way for users to create their own accounts. All accounts must be manually created by the admin user.
+Standard authentication plugins are:
-== No authentication ==
+*[[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
+*[[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
-Users can sign in and create valid accounts immediately, with no authentication against an external server and no confirmation via email. Be careful using this option - think of the security and administration problems this could cause.
+There are also many [https://moodle.org/plugins/?q=type:auth additional authentication plugins in the Moodle plugins directory].
+==See also==
+*[[Authentication FAQ]]
+[[Category:Authentication]]
+[[de:Authentifizierung]]
+[[es:Autenticación]]
+[[eu:Erabiltzaileen_autentifikazioa]]
+[[fr:Authentification]]
+[[it:Autenticazione]]
+[[ja:認証]]

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Authentication: Difference between revisions

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Authentication plugins

See also