Authentication provider features
You can configure authentication providers for your environment.
Authentication providers support a mix of the features described in the following table.
Feature
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Description
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Authentication
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All authentication providers support cleartext authentication. You can configure some providers to support NTLM or Kerberos authentication also.
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Users and groups
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OneFS provides the ability to manage users and groups directly on the cluster.
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Netgroups
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Specific to NFS, netgroups restrict access to NFS exports.
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UNIX-centric user and group properties
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Login shell, home directory, UID, and GID. Missing information is supplemented by configuration templates or additional authentication providers.
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Windows-centric user and group properties
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NetBIOS domain and SID. Missing information is supplemented by configuration templates.
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