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