Backend choice by users

Authentication Users Password

Presentation

By default, only the configured authentication backend is available for users.

Contrary to multiple backend stacking, backend choice will present all available authentication methods to users, who will choose the one they want.

The choice will concern three backends:

The chosen backends will be registered in session:

Authentication choice will also be registered in session:

Configuration

In Manager, go in General Parameters > Authentication modules and choose Choice for authentication.

When Choice is selected for authentication, values for Users and Password modules are also forced to Choice.

Then, go in Choice Parameters:

Define here:

You can prefix the key name with a digit to order them. The digit will not be shown on portal page. Underscore characters are also replaced by spaces.