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SystemAuthentication

At a few places, it is necessary for HCOOP members to authenticate to HCOOP - either to gain initial access or use additional authenticated services.

1. Authentication barriers

Instance

Controlling subsystem

HCOOP interface

Type of access

Full user control

SSH

OpenSSH internals or PAM

passwd, chfn, chage, chsh

Remote, local

No

FTP

PAM

passwd

Remote, local

No

HCOOP Web portal

HTTP Digest Authentication

webpasswd

Remote, local

Yes

Databases

Database-specific access tables

dbtool

Local

Yes

Firewall

IPTables/Netfilter

fwtool

Remote, local

No


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