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Authentication is any process by which you verify that someone is who they
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Drizzle authentication is handled by plugins; by default there is no single
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source where users are defined, such as a system user table, but each
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authentication plugin will use different sources to verify the usernames
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and passwords. (The plugin auth_schema does however keep users in a table inside
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Drizzle, much like the familiar MySQL way of authenticating users works.).
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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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One or more authentication plugins must be loaded, else no connections can
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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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The :doc:`/plugins/auth_schema/index` plugin first shipped with ``Drizzle 7.1
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Beta 2011.10.28``. This plugin provides an authentication method that is
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both secure and easy to use, and it is similar to how MySQL authentication
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works so will be familiar to many users. If you don't know which authentication
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plugin to use, you should start with configuring
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:doc:`/plugins/auth_schema/index`. Likewise we warmly recommend distributors to
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consider enabling this plugin by default.
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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` - Allow all connections without checking username or password.
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_file/index` - Define users and passwords in a text file that is read on startup.
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_http/index` - Authenticate the username and password against a http server.
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_ldap/index` - Define users and passwords in a LDAP directory.
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_pam/index` - Authenticate the username and password against system user accounts via PAM.
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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_schema/index` - Define users and passwords in a system table.
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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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* :doc:`/plugins/auth_schema/index`
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:ref:`auth_all_plugin` Any
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:ref:`auth_file_plugin` mysql
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:ref:`auth_http_plugin` mysql-plugin-auth
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:ref:`auth_ldap_plugin` Any
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:ref:`auth_ldap_plugin` mysql-plugin-auth
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