auth-using-compare

Use the auth-using-compare stanza entry to use a password compare operation for authentication.

auth-using-compare = {yes|true|no|false}

Description

Enable or disable authentication by using password comparison. When disabled, an LDAP bind is used for authentication.

For those LDAP servers that allow it, a compare operation might complete faster than a bind operation.

Options

Usage:

This stanza entry is optional.

Default:

The default value, when LDAP is enabled, is yes.

Example:

auth-using-compare = yes

Parent topic: [ldap] stanza