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## org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth
Class NativeAuthProvider

    java.lang.Object
      org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth.NativeAuthProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:
  AuthProvider

    public class NativeAuthProvider

extends Object
implements AuthProvider

Authenticates using the native operating system authentication method. On Windows, this means Win32 authentication; on Unix/Linux, PAM authentication. New user accounts will be created automatically as needed.

Authentication is handled using the Shaj library. In order for this provider to work, the appropriate native library must be loaded. The appropriate native library must be manually moved from the resources/nativeAuth directory to the lib directory.

To enable this provider, set the following in the system properties:

- `provider.auth.className = org.jivesoftware.openfire.auth.NativeAuthProvider`
- `provider.user.className = org.jivesoftware.openfire.user.NativeUserProvider`

The properties to configure the provider are as follows:

- nativeAuth.domain -- on Windows, the domain to use for authentication. If the value is not set, the machine's default domain will be used or standard OS auth will be used if the machine is not part of a domain. On Unix/Linux, this value specifies the PAM module to use for authentication. If the value is not set, the PAM module "other" will be used.

For more information about configuring the domain value and other aspects of Shaj, please see: http://opensource.cenqua.com/shaj/doc.html.

Author:
  Matt Tucker

Constructor Summary
`NativeAuthProvider()`

Method Summary
`void` | `authenticate(String username, String password)` Returns if the username and password are valid; otherwise this method throws an UnauthorizedException.
`void` | `authenticate(String username, String token, String digest)` Returns if the username, token, and digest are valid; otherwise this method throws an UnauthorizedException.
`String` | `getPassword(String username)` Returns the user's password.
`boolean` | `isDigestSupported()` Returns true if this AuthProvider supports digest authentication according to JEP-0078.
`boolean` | `isPlainSupported()` Returns true if this AuthProvider supports authentication using plain-text passwords according to JEP--0078.
`void` | `setPassword(String username, String password)` Sets the users's password.
`boolean` | `supportsPasswordRetrieval()` Returns true if this UserProvider is able to retrieve user passwords from the backend user store.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### NativeAuthProvider

    public NativeAuthProvider()

Method Detail

### authenticate

    public void authenticate(String username,
                             String password)
                      throws UnauthorizedException

  Description copied from interface: `AuthProvider`
  Returns if the username and password are valid; otherwise this method throws an UnauthorizedException.

  If `AuthProvider.isPlainSupported()` returns false, this method should throw an UnsupportedOperationException.

  Specified by:
    `authenticate` in interface `AuthProvider`
  Parameters:
    `username` - the username or full JID.
    `password` - the passwordl
  Throws:
    `UnauthorizedException` - if the username and password do not match any existing user.

### authenticate

    public void authenticate(String username,
                             String token,
                             String digest)
                      throws UnauthorizedException

  Description copied from interface: `AuthProvider`
  Returns if the username, token, and digest are valid; otherwise this method throws an UnauthorizedException.

  If `AuthProvider.isDigestSupported()` returns false, this method should throw an UnsupportedOperationException.

  Specified by:
    `authenticate` in interface `AuthProvider`
  Parameters:
    `username` - the username or full JID.
    `token` - the token that was used with plain-text password to generate the digest.
    `digest` - the digest generated from plain-text password and unique token.
  Throws:
    `UnauthorizedException` - if the username and password do not match any existing user.

### isPlainSupported

    public boolean isPlainSupported()

  Description copied from interface: `AuthProvider`
  Returns true if this AuthProvider supports authentication using plain-text passwords according to JEP--0078. Plain text authentication is not secure and should generally only be used for a TLS/SSL connection.

  Specified by:
    `isPlainSupported` in interface `AuthProvider`
  Returns:
    true if plain text password authentication is supported by this AuthProvider.

### isDigestSupported

    public boolean isDigestSupported()

  Description copied from interface: `AuthProvider`
  Returns true if this AuthProvider supports digest authentication according to JEP-0078.

  Specified by:
    `isDigestSupported` in interface `AuthProvider`
  Returns:
    true if digest authentication is supported by this AuthProvider.

### getPassword

    public String getPassword(String username)
                       throws UserNotFoundException,
                              UnsupportedOperationException

  Description copied from interface: `AuthProvider`
  Returns the user's password. This method should throw an UnsupportedOperationException if this operation is not supported by the backend user store.

  Specified by:
    `getPassword` in interface `AuthProvider`
  Parameters:
    `username` - the username of the user.
  Returns:
    the user's password.
  Throws:
    `UserNotFoundException` - if the given user's password could not be loaded.
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the provider does not support the operation (this is an optional operation).

### setPassword

    public void setPassword(String username,
                            String password)
                     throws UserNotFoundException

  Description copied from interface: `AuthProvider`
  Sets the users's password. This method should throw an UnsupportedOperationException if this operation is not supported by the backend user store.

  Specified by:
    `setPassword` in interface `AuthProvider`
  Parameters:
    `username` - the username of the user.
    `password` - the new plaintext password for the user.
  Throws:
    `UserNotFoundException` - if the given user could not be loaded.

### supportsPasswordRetrieval

    public boolean supportsPasswordRetrieval()

  Description copied from interface: `AuthProvider`
  Returns true if this UserProvider is able to retrieve user passwords from the backend user store. If this operation is not supported then `AuthProvider.getPassword(String)` will throw an `UnsupportedOperationException` if invoked.

  Specified by:
    `supportsPasswordRetrieval` in interface `AuthProvider`
  Returns:
    true if this UserProvider is able to retrieve user passwords from the backend user store.

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