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2397.1.1
by Daniel Nichter
Skeleton documentation for all plugins, more complete docu for first half of plugins. |
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Authentication
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Authentication is any process by which you verify that someone is who they |
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claim they are. [1]_ Drizzle authentication is handled by plugins; there
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are no grant or privilege tables. |
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One or more authentication plugin must be loaded, else no connections can |
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be made to Drizzle. On most systems, the :doc:`/plugins/auth_all/index` |
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plugin is loaded by default which, as its name suggests, allows all |
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connections regardless of username or password. (Some distributions enable |
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the :doc:`/plugins/auth_file/index` plugin by default instead). |
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`Choosing an authentication plugin, configuring it, and disabling all other |
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authentication plugins should be one of your first administrative tasks.` |
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The following authentication plugins are included with Drizzle: |
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_all/index` |
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_file/index` |
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_http/index` |
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_ldap/index` |
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_pam/index` |
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.. rubric:: Footnotes |
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.. [1] `Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/auth.html>`_ |