MEGA Administration : Administrator Guide : Managing Users : Authentication in MEGA : Defining Default Authentication Mode
   
Defining Default Authentication Mode
Authentication can be:
• managed within MEGA (by default)
• delegated to a third party service
To select your authentication mode, MEGA recommends that you use authentication systems resistant to security attack:
• If your enterprise has an external authentication or SSO module, it is preferable to use the delegated authentication system.
*See the Web connection overloading and configuration EN technical article.
• If your enterprise has an LDAP authentication system, it is preferable to manage your authentication using an LDAP directory.
*See "Defining default LDAP authentication mode".
• If you have no standard authentication system in your enterprise, you can use the authentication system managed in MEGA, less resistant to security attack.
This is the authentication mode defined by default at installation, its value is "Standard".
*See "Viewing default authentication mode".
Viewing default authentication mode
In the environment options, you can consult and modify the default Defined Authentication Mode.
To view default authentication mode:
1. Access environment options.
*See "Modifying options at environment level", page 368.
2. In the options tree, expand the Installation folder and select User Management.
3. In the right pane, consult the value of the Authentication Mode option.
By default at installation, "Standard" is the MEGA authentication mode.
Defining default LDAP authentication mode
Users are managed in an LDAP directory and authentication is managed by the LDAP directory.
*Authentication mode of users already created is not impacted. Only users created after the default authentication mode change are concerned.
To define default LDAP authentication mode:
1. Access environment options.
*See "Modifying options at environment level", page 368.
2. In the options tree, expand the Installation folder and select User Management.
3. In the right pane, specify "LDAP" for the Authentication Mode option.
Defining user authentication mode
User authentication mode is defined on the login by the Authentication Mode parameter. The value of this parameter is inherited at user creation from the value of the Authentication Mode option defined in the environment options (see "Viewing default authentication mode").
To define user authentication mode, see "Configuring a Login".