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1.1       bowersj2    1: \label{Authentication}
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                      3: People are authenticated with a standard username and password scheme.
1.3     ! felicia     4: LON-CAPA ships with support for the following authentication scheme:
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        !             6: \begin{enumerate}
        !             7: \item internally authenticated: LON-CAPA specific passwords, choose this when in doubt. 
        !             8: \item system authentication: authentication using the UNIX authentication scheme on the server.  
        !             9: \item Kerberos authenticated: authentication based on either a Kerberos 4 or 5 server. 
        !            10: \item external authentication: custom authentication integrated with an authentication server other than Kerberos.
        !            11: \end{enumerate}
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        !            13: 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.
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