Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of infrastructure-2018


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Timestamp:
Dec 18, 2018, 2:36:49 AM (7 years ago)
Author:
Patrick G
Comment:

add a missing "t" to "authority"

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  • infrastructure-2018

    v4 v5  
    5353=== Authentication ===
    5454
    55 Our current authentication system is a mish-mash of MySQL provided by our control panel (the final authoriy), a [wiki:login-service login service api] that is backed by the database, an open ID system (also backed by the database) that is due to be retired, and a process of keeping traditional /etc/shadow files in sync with the control panel MySQL database.
     55Our current authentication system is a mish-mash of MySQL provided by our control panel (the final authority), a [wiki:login-service login service api] that is backed by the database, an open ID system (also backed by the database) that is due to be retired, and a process of keeping traditional /etc/shadow files in sync with the control panel MySQL database.
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    5757These will need to be replaced by a single, distributed system - most likely LDAP, [https://www.freeipa.org/page/Main_Page FreeIPA], or an improved SQL based solution.