LoginHandler

Summary

Sets the various methods Exponential will try to authenticate user logins.

Usage

LoginHandler[]= handler1

LoginHandler[]= handler2
...

Description

Exponential will try to authenticate users using the login handlers in the order they are specified. Exponential provides the following login handlers:

• standard - The default login handler for Exponential. Users are authenticated using the user objects found in Exponential itself.
• LDAP - The LDAP login handler. Users are authenticated through an LDAP server. Settings related to the LDAP login handler can be found in ldap.ini.
• textfile - The textfile login handler allows users to be specified in a textfile similar to the passwd file on *NIX systems. Settings related to the textfile login handler can be found in textfile.ini.

Common for the login handlers different from the standard login handler is that Exponential automatically creates these users in Exponential itself. These users can then log in using the standard log in handler. Users created this way are updated automatically using cronjobs.

Examples

LoginHandler[]=standard
LoginHandler[]=LDAP

This configuration will try to log in users using the standard handler. If the standard handler fails, Exponential will try to authenticate the user via LDAP. If that also fails, the login is unsuccessful.