Todo:: lots to add here, and describe how alternative authentication methods can be created, especially two-factor auth and SSO

User Accounts

where stored... VFS_sessionManager and VFS_session

Authentication

User administration is done by writing credentials to an auth node. Auth nodes can be provided in the config file in order as a cascading series of authentication tests.

Available:

Future:

LDAP
SSO (google, or other)

In the case of passwd, [VFS]/utils/rmpasswd can be used to set, create, or test a user's password.

Authorization

done with nodes like VFS_application and a VFS_session pointer inside of VFS_request objects.

Access Control Lists

include info about default values, application features, and how to register these values for a node