Basic user authentication

Basic user authentication#

To authenticate users, this method uses a standard HTTP Basic user/password window displayed by a web browser. The appearance of the window may vary depending on the web browser used but the general principle is the same - he user must enter credentials into the window fields to be authenticated.

Security#

With this method you can use the default Bacularis local user file (where users and hashes are stored) or provide your own user file path. There is possible to choose a hash algorithm to store password hashes. There are available the following algorithms:

  • APR1-MD5

  • SHA-1

  • SHA-256

  • SHA-512

  • SSHA (salted SHA-1)

  • BCrypt

Multi-factor authentication#

Multi-factor authentication is not supported with this auth method.

Organization support#

This auth method does not support organizations. Basic auth users can work without belonging to organizations. Please see image below.

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User provisioning#

The user provisioning is supported assuming that in the default user provision settings for new accounts, there is not selected any organization to assign the new user.

Settings form#

The basic user auth method you can enable on this page:

[Main menu] => [Page: Security] => [Tab: Authentication] => [SubTab: Auth methods]

Here you can see the basic authentication form:

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