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Sora is the [LDAP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAP)-enabled central credential store of the AniNIX -- end users will have accounts here.
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# Etymology
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A password is a ubiquitous method of asymmetric authentication. Militaries will use simple challenges & passwords to authenticate individuals b
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# Relevant Files and Software
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Most of the configuration initially is handled by the [https://aninix.net/foundation/ConfigPackages ConfigPackages'] Sora Makefile.
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We use [file:///etc/openldap/users.d](a users.d) folder to hold the default user definitions. uidNumber should generally start from 10000 and the .ldif files should never be deleted to track the maximum uidNumber.
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# Available Clients
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Most services on AniNIX, ranging from SSH & IRC to web services like AniNIX/Foundation and AniNIX/Singularity, are LDAP clients. Our exceptions are below:
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* MediaWiki (LDAP dropped out of support)
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* AniNIX/Superintendent (client path not yet identified)
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# Equivalents or Competition
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Both Google and Facebook offer distributed authentication systems. Google in particular is a good equivalent, as some of the services used by this network rely on its authentication for various products it provides internally.
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The AniNIX is not presently set up or planning to do distributed authentication.
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