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Authentication Plugins

Explore the authentication plugins available in MariaDB, such as ed25519, GSSAPI, and PAM, which provide flexible and secure methods for user verification.

Pluggable Authentication Overviewchevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - caching_sha2_passwordchevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - ed25519chevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - GSSAPIchevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - mysql_native_passwordchevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - mysql_old_passwordchevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - Named Pipechevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - PARSECchevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - SHA-256chevron-rightAuthentication Plugin - Unix Socketchevron-rightAuthentication with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)chevron-right
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