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authentication

This option is used to specify how user logins are authenticated.

'authentication' => {


'shadow' => 1,

'md5' => 1,

'NIS' => undef,

'LDAP' => undef,

},

Descriptions:

'shadow' - Indicates if shadow passwords are used

0 - disables

1 - enables

'md5' - Used to specify if md5 encryption is to be used for passwords

0 - disables, (use default crypt)

1 - enables

'NIS' - Indicates if a NIS server is to be used for authentication

'' - if NIS is not being used. Also, if this line is not present, it means no NIS too.

'broadcast' - if the NIS server is accessed via a broadcast message

'fileserver' - name of the machine containing the NIS server.

'LDAP' - Indicates if a LDAP server is to be used for authentication

'' - if LDAP is not being used. Also, if this line is not preset, it means no LDAP too.

'fileserver' - name of the machine containing the LDAP server.

By default, Mandrake Linux installations enable md5 and shadow. Also, you will probably have noticed that the GUI based install no longer gives you the ability to select/de-select these two, rather the Local files selection is used to indicate them.

If you select either NIS or LDAP, you will have to add NISDOMAIN or LDAPDOMAIN to the option 'netc'.

Related Option Entries:

netc


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