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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}
1.4       webbsuza    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.  
1.3       felicia     9: \item Kerberos authenticated: authentication based on either a Kerberos 4 or 5 server. 
1.5     ! riegler    10: \item External authentication: custom authentication integrated with an authentication server other than Kerberos (e.g. LDAP).
1.3       felicia    11: \end{enumerate}
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1.5     ! riegler    13: If the student or user you are adding to LON-CAPA will be using the same account as 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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