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<title>10.&nbsp;Authentication</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="html.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.70.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Documentation"><link rel="up" href="ch01.html" title="Chapter&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Administration"><link rel="prev" href="ch01s09.html" title="9.&nbsp;E-mail notifications"><link rel="next" href="ch01s11.html" title="11.&nbsp;Settings"></head><body><a href="http://redmine.rubyforge.org/"><img src="../redmine.png" alt="redmine"></a><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">10.&nbsp;Authentication</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch01s09.html">Prev</a>&nbsp;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter&nbsp;1.&nbsp;Administration</th><td width="20%" align="right">&nbsp;<a accesskey="n" href="ch01s11.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="d0e254"></a>10.&nbsp;Authentication</h2></div></div></div><p>By default, redMine refers to its own database to authenticate users, by a specific password.</p><p>If you already have one or several external user references (like LDAP), you can make them known in order to be used for authentication on redMine. This allows users to access redMine with their usual user names and passwords.</p><p>For each known reference, you can specify if the accounts can be created on the fly on redMine. If needed, the user accounts will be created automatically during the user&#8217;s signing in (without any specific rights on the projects), according to information available in the reference. Otherwise, the administrator must have previously created the user account on redMine.</p><p></p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="d0e264"></a>10.1.&nbsp;LDAP statement</h3></div></div></div><p></p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><span class="guilabel">Name</span> : reference display name</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">Host</span> : LDAP server host name</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">Port</span> : connection port to the LDAP server</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">Account</span> : DN of the connection account to LDAP (please leave it blank if the directory authorizes anonymous read access)</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">Password</span> : password of the connection account</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">Base DN</span> : Basic DN used for user search in the directory</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">LDAP screen</span> : User search screen in the directory (optional)</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">LDAP features</span> :</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="circle"><li><p><span class="guilabel">Identifier</span> : LDAP feature name used as user identifier (e.g.: uid)</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">First name</span> : LDAP feature name including the user&#8217;s first name (ex: givenName)</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">Last name</span> : LDAP feature name including the user&#8217;s last name (ex: familyName)</p></li><li><p><span class="guilabel">E-mail</span> : LDAP feature name including the user&#8217;s e-mail address (ex: mail)</p></li></ul></div></li></ul></div><p>The features" <span class="guilabel">First name</span> ", " <span class="guilabel">Last name</span> " and " <span class="guilabel">E-mail</span> " are not used except when the accounts are created on the fly.</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch01s09.html">Prev</a>&nbsp;</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ch01.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right">&nbsp;<a accesskey="n" href="ch01s11.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">9.&nbsp;E-mail notifications&nbsp;</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;11.&nbsp;Settings</td></tr></table></div></body></html>