# Appendix: PAM Authentication

To enable Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) authentication, you must configure PAM on your system.

TIBCO MFT Platform Server for UNIX supports two methods of authentication:

- Authentication using the password or shadow password file

  This is the default authentication mechanism. Authentication is performed against the password or shadow password files. To enable password authentication, set the PamAuth parameter to N in the config.txt file. By default, this parameter is set to N, and no other configuration is required.

- Authentication using PAM

  Authentication is performed using PAM. The authentication method can be any authentication methods supported by PAM, including the password or shadow password files and LDAP. To enable PAM authentication, set the PamAuth parameter to the name of the PAM service in the config.txt file.

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