Questions tagged [authentication]
Authentication is the process of providing a proof of identity or verifying identity.
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The definitive guide to form-based website authentication [closed]
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Git push results in "Authentication Failed"
I have been using GitHub for a little while, and I have been fine with git add, git commit, and git push, so far without any problems. Suddenly I am having an error that says:
fatal: Authentication ...
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What's the difference between OpenID and OAuth?
I'm really trying to understand the difference between OpenID and OAuth? Maybe they're two totally separate things?
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PostgreSQL error: Fatal: role "username" does not exist
I'm setting up my PostgreSQL 9.1. I can't do anything with PostgreSQL: can't createdb, can't createuser; all operations return the error message
Fatal: role h9uest does not exist
h9uest is my ...
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"UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!" Error using SSH into Amazon EC2 Instance (AWS) [closed]
I've created a new linux instance on Amazon EC2, and as part of that downloaded the .pem file to allow me to SSH in.
When I tried to ssh with:
ssh -i myfile.pem <public dns>
I got:
@@@@@@@@@@@@@...
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RESTful Authentication
What does RESTful Authentication mean and how does it work? I can't find a good overview on Google. My only understanding is that you pass the session key (remeberal) in the URL, but this could be ...
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Authentication versus Authorization
What's the difference in web applications? In short, please.
I see the abbreviation "auth" a lot. Does it stand for auth-entication or auth-orization? Or both?
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JWT (JSON Web Token) automatic prolongation of expiration
I would like to implement JWT-based authentication to our new REST API. But since the expiration is set in the token, is it possible to automatically prolong it? I don't want users to need to sign in ...
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Google OAuth 2 authorization - Error: redirect_uri_mismatch
On the website https://code.google.com/apis/console I have registered my application, set up generated Client ID: and Client Secret to my app and tried to log in with Google.
Unfortunately, I got the ...
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How to reset Django admin password?
I am using Django (version 1.3) and have forgotten both admin username and password. How to reset both?
And is it possible to make a normal user into admin, and then remove admin status?
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What are the main differences between JWT and OAuth authentication?
I have a new SPA with a stateless authentication model using JWT. I am often asked to refer OAuth for authentication flows like asking me to send 'Bearer tokens' for every request instead of a simple ...
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Validate a username and password against Active Directory?
How can I validate a username and password against Active Directory? I simply want to check if a username and password are correct.
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What is token-based authentication?
I want to understand what token-based authentication means. I searched the internet but couldn't find anything understandable.
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How to implement REST token-based authentication with JAX-RS and Jersey
I'm looking for a way to enable token-based authentication in Jersey. I am trying not to use any particular framework. Is that possible?
My plan is: A user signs up for my web service, my web service ...
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Clone A Private Repository (Github)
I have a private repository on Github for a project I'm working on. Until now I had only worked on my home desktop, but I just bought a laptop, and am trying to set it up so that I can work on the ...
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