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--- vufind2:authentication [2015/12/09 20:44] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation demiankatz
+++ configuration:authentication [2024/01/19 14:17] – demiankatz
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 ====== Authentication ======
-VuFind offers several options for allowing users to log in and out of the system.
+VuFind® offers several options for allowing users to log in and out of the system.
-By default, VuFind will manage its own database of user accounts. This configuration can be changed to use a variety of external systems.
+By default, VuFind® will manage its own database of user accounts. This configuration can be changed to use a variety of external systems.
 ===== Supported Options =====
-Currently, VuFind supports the following options in the [Authentication] section of [[..:config.ini]].
+Currently, VuFind® supports the following options in the [Authentication] section of [[.files:config.ini]].
 Basic Options:
+  * AlmaDatabase - Use VuFind®'s built-in user database in combination with [[configuration:ils:alma|Alma]]
   * CAS - Use the Central Authentication Service
-  * Database - Use VuFind's built-in user database
+  * Database - Use VuFind®'s built-in user database
+  * Facebook - Use Facebook's login mechanism (not recommended)
   * ILS - Use your integrated library system, through the [[development:plugins:ils_drivers|ILS driver]].
   * LDAP - Use the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
-  * Shibboleth - Use Shibboleth single sign-on
+  * PasswordAccess - Require a single password (not username/password combination) for access (useful for simple password protection of entire instances)
+  * [[shibboleth|Shibboleth]] - Use Shibboleth single sign-on
   * SIP2 - Use the SIP2 "Standard Interchange Protocol"
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   * ChoiceAuth - Allow the user to choose between several of the Basic Options.
+  * Email - Allow the user to log in using a link in an email sent to the address associated with an existing account (best used with ChoiceAuth or certain ILSes). When using, you should run the "util expire_auth_hashes" [[administration:command_line_utilities|command line utility]] periodically to clean up expired hashes from the database.
   * MultiAuth - Attempt a serial chain of Basic Options without providing user choice (not all options supported).
   * MultiILS - Attempt a serial chain of ILS authentication configurations (for use in a consortial environment).
-It is always worth checking [[..:config.ini]] for additional options, in case more have been added since the last update to this document.
+It is always worth checking [[.files:config.ini]] for additional options, in case more have been added since the last update to this document.
+===== Persistent Login =====
+Beginning with release 10.0, you can configure specific authentication methods to support persistent login, allowing the system to remember user logins for a fixed number of days. See the persistent_login setting (and associated comments) in [[.files:config.ini]] for more details.
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