--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authentication.tex 2005/06/19 17:58:59 1.3 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authentication.tex 2006/07/31 19:14:49 1.4 @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ People are authenticated with a standard LON-CAPA ships with support for the following authentication scheme: \begin{enumerate} -\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 Internally authenticated: LON-CAPA specific passwords, choose this when in doubt. +\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 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. \end{enumerate} -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."