====== Authentication Handler Plugins ======

VuFind supports a variety of different mechanisms for controlling user login.  You can build a plugin if you need to customize [[configuration:authentication|authentication]] behavior.

===== Key Plugin Details =====

**Default Namespace:** \VuFind\Auth

**Base Class:** [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/blob/dev/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/AbstractBase.php|\VuFind\Auth\AbstractBase]]

**Service Locator Configuration Section in module.config.php:** ['vufind']['plugin_managers']['auth']

**Service Manager Name for Service Locator:** VuFind\AuthPluginManager (VuFind 2.x-4.x), VuFind\Auth\PluginManager (VuFind 5.0+)

See the [[development:plugins:general_information|General Plugin Information]] page for more details on VuFind plugins.