User authentication

The Toolserver uses various forms of user authentication. This page attempts to document them.

Toolserver developers
Anyone with a Toolserver account can authenticate with the following protocols.

LDAP
Your LDAP password is used as your Unix password. It authenticates you to command-line utilities (e.g. setmail and acctrenew), as well as for Subversion and the phpMyAdmin website. However, it cannot be used to log in to the Toolserver itself.

SSH
SSH keys are used for SSH login authentication.

MySQL
Your MySQL user credentials are stored in.

SSO
The Toolserver web sites (JIRA, MediaWiki and FishEye) use the Single Sign-On system, so your username and password are shared between these sites. These are not connected to the main Toolserver accounts and can be freely created by anyone.

Individual tools
Individual tools use various different forms of user authentication. There is no central system currently. Some tools choose to integrate ~magnus/tusc.php.