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AUTHENTICATION
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For Drizzle, authentication is handled by plugins.
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Authentication is no longer based on the host/user and
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schema/table/column model that was used in the MyISAM-based mysql.user
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table.
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The pluggable model capitalizes on existing systems such as PAM, LDAP
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via PAM and HTTP authentication.
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