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| LON-CAPA ships with support for the following authentication scheme: |
LON-CAPA ships with support for the following authentication scheme: |
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| \begin{enumerate} |
\begin{enumerate} |
| \item internally authenticated: LON-CAPA specific passwords, choose this when in doubt. |
\item Internally authenticated: LON-CAPA specific passwords, choose this when in doubt. |
| \item system authentication: authentication using the UNIX authentication scheme on the server. |
\item System authentication: authentication using the UNIX authentication scheme on the server. |
| \item Kerberos authenticated: authentication based on either a Kerberos 4 or 5 server. |
\item Kerberos authenticated: authentication based on either a Kerberos 4 or 5 server. |
| \item external authentication: custom authentication integrated with an authentication server other than Kerberos. |
\item External authentication: custom authentication integrated with an authentication server other than Kerberos. |
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\end{enumerate} |
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| If the student or user you are adding to LON-CAPA will be using the same accountas another system, e.g. email, then your system administrator can tell you which authentication type you should choose. If you are creating a user that is unique only to LON-CAPA, then select internally authenticated. |
If the student or user you are adding to LON-CAPA will be using the same account as another system (ie email), then your system administrator can tell you which authentication type you should choose. If you are creating a user that is unique only to LON-CAPA, then select "internally authenticated." |
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