Managing User Authentication
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.. note:: This feature requires Professional or Enterprise Edition

User Authentication means verifying the identity of someone (User) behind a
device that wants to access the network. User Authentication also enables
accountability, by using user ID and password which makes it possible to link
access and actions to specific identities. Genians provides the ability to
Authenticate Users in several ways.

You can create Users locally in Policy Server, or configure Policy Server to
pull User Information from Active Directory, RADIUS, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, CSV, or
other third-party user management systems.

**Locally** Users Authenticate against the local database created within the
Genians Policy Server. Once credentials match, the user is then allowed to
proceed onto the network.

**Externally** (*Active Directory, RADIUS, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, CSV*) Genians can
integrate with External Authentication sources to permit user access upon
successful login using proper credentials.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   authentication/enabling-authentication
   authentication/managing-users
   authentication/integrate-external
   authentication/synch-directory
   authentication/authentication-options